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6.5 Exercise 94

Avg difficulty 2.5

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A reflecting pool is shaped like a right triangle, with one leg along the wall of a building. The hypotenuse is 9 feet longer than the side along the building. The third side is 7 feet longer than the side along the building. Find the lengths of all three sides of the reflecting pool.

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 6.5 Polynomial Equations, exercise 94

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