The flower garden has the shape of a right triangle. 17 ft of a perennial border...

[adrianaw]

...forms the hypotenuse of the? triangle, and one leg is 7 ft longer than the other leg.

Help me find the lengths of the legs.

____ feet are the lengths of the legs.

 

[Reece]

a^2+b^2=c^2

x = shortest side
x+ 7= second shortest
17 - hypotenuse

x^2 +(x +7)^2 = 17^2
solve for x