general Maths Puzzle

If one side of a right-angled triangle is two units more than the second side and the hypotenuse is one
unit more than twice the shorter side, find the lengths of all sides of the triangle.

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sides are x,x+2,2x+1
by pythagoras theorem,x^2 +(x+2)^2= (2x+1)^2
2*(x^2)-3=0
x=(1.5)^.5=1.2247 units is the shortest side.
x+2=3.2247 is the second side
2x+1=3.449 is the hypotenuse.
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