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7.6 Exercise 46

Avg difficulty 2.5

A meditation garden is in the shape of a right triangle, with one leg 7 feet. The length of the hypotenuse is one more than the length of one of the other legs. Find the lengths of the hypotenuse and the other leg.

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 7.6 Quadratic Equations, exercise 46

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