The shorter leg of a right triangle is 9 ft shorter than the longer leg. The hypotenuse is 9 ft longer than the long leg. Find the sides of the triangle
l^2 + (l-9)^2 = (l+9)^2
l^2 + l^2 -18l +81 = l^2 + 18l + 81
l^2 - 36l = 0
l ( l-36) = 0
l = 0 throw out l = 36 other leg is 27 hyp = 45