The answer is 17 stuffed animals!
If you want to find the hypotenuse then the formula applied is c^2=a^2+b^2 where c is the hypotenuse. 5^2+7^2=8.6
Area=legnth times width
legnth is 1 less than 2 times width
l=legnth
w=width
l=-1+2w
l=2w-1
area=lw
area=45
subsitute
45=lw
45=(2w-1)w
distribute
45=2w^2-w
subtract 45 from both sides
0=2w^2-w-45
factor because if we have xy=0 and we factor we can assume that x and/or y=0 so
trial and error factor
0=(2w+9)(w-5)
set each to zero
0=2w+9
subtract 9
-9=2w
divide 2
-4.5=w
impossible since width cannot be negative so discard
w-5=0
add 5 to both sides
w=5
true
subsitute
l=2w-1
l=2(5)-1
l=10-1
l=9
w=5 cm
l=9 cm
If they were all the same number, then each one would be 1/3 of 57. That's 19. All three integers would be 19 ... an odd integer. All you have to do is take 2 away from one of them and glue it onto another one of them, and you'll have your three consecutive odd integers.
Here can be factored as
Thus the given equation is
The solution of the equation are 2,5.