The short sides of a right triangle are the legs.
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The length of the longer leg of a right triangle is 3ftmore than three times the length of the shorter leg. The length of the hypotenuse is 4ftmore than three times the length of the shorter leg. Find the side lengths of the triangle.
false In order for this to be a right triangle, the sum of the squares of the two shorter sides would have to equal the square of the longest side. 102=100 242= 576 272=729 102+242= 676, which does not equal 272=729, so a triangle with these lengths is not a right triangle.
The triangle inequality theorem states that any side of a triangle is always shorter than the sum of the other two sides.
Any right triangle resting on a leg.
It is the longest side of the three sides of the triangle.