The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 17 cm. The difference between the other two sides is 7 cm. Find the lengths of the sides.

Make a polynomial. Answer the following questions to justify their model/polynomial.

1. In the context of this problem, what do your variables represent?
2. In the context of this problem, what does your constant represent?
3. In the context of this problem, what does your leading coefficient represent?
4. In the context of this problem, what does your degree represent?
5. In the context of this problem, what does the solution represent?
6. Summarize, mathematically, how you created your polynomial.