The length of the longer leg of a right triangle is 16inches more than four times the length of the shorter leg.

Question

The length of the longer leg of a right triangle is
16inches
more than four times the length of the shorter leg. The length of the hypotenuse is
17inches
more than four times the length of the shorter leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.

 

shorter leg=

longer leg=

hypotenuse=

Answer 1

there is a problem with this question as it is given 

 

let X = short leg, then the length of the longer leg will be 4X+16, and the hypotenuse will be 4X+17

 

the Pythagorean theorem requires that a² + b² = c²

 

let us say that X = 10, then 10² + 56² must equal 57², but 100 +3136 does NOT equal 3249

 

please review the original wording