Word problem involving side lenghts of triangles...

[Steph Annie]

Hello. Can someone help me solve this word problem? Thank you.

"Find the three side lenghts of a right triangle. The longest side is the length of the shortest side plus two. The length of the second longest side is one more than the length of the short side. (hint: let x=shortest side, then use the Pythagorean Thrm. to create an equation. What kind of equation is it? How do you solve it?")

 

[pka]

Hello. Can someone help me solve this word problem? Thank you.

"Find the three side lenghts of a right triangle. The longest side is the length of the shortest side plus two. The length of the second longest side is one more than the length of the short side. (hint: let x=shortest side, then use the Pythagorean Thrm. to create an equation. What kind of equation is it? How do you solve it?")

\(\displaystyle (x+2)^2=(x+1)^2+x^2\)