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You can plug those values in the pythagorean theorem and find the hypotenuse:

h = ((h - 3)2 + (h - 6)2)1/2

∴ h2 = h2 - 6h + 9 + h2 - 12h + 36

∴ h2 = 2h2 - 18h + 45

∴ h2 - 18h + 45 = 0

∴ (h - 3)(h - 15) = 0

∴ h = 3, 15

So the length of the hypotenuse will be either 3 or 15. It can't be 3 though, since that would make the other sides 0 and -3, which is impossible. The answer then is 15.

The triangle has a hypotenuse of 15, and sides of 12 and 9

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