The flower garden has the shape of a right triangle. 51 ft of a perennial border forms the hypotenuse of the triangle, and one leg is 21 ft longer than other leg. find the lengths of the legs. a right triangle has a vertical side of unlabeled length, a horizontal side of length x, and a hypotenuse of length 51 feet.
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A:
Let x------> larger leg y------> smaller leg
we now that x=y+21----> equation 1 51²=x²+y²----> equation 2 substitute 1 in 2