Solve. -Find the Length of the Shorter Leg of a Right

question 259

Multiple Choice

Solve.
-Find the length of the shorter leg of a right triangle if the longer leg is 24 meters and the hypotenuse is 6 more than twice the shorter leg.

• A) 9 m
• B) 17 m
• C) 10 m
• D) 18 m

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