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An right angled triangle has hypotenuse two centimetres shorter than three times the length of the shortest side. The other side is 7cm longer than the shortest side. Find the length of each side of the triangle.

 

I got this:

shortest side: x

hypotenuse: 3x-2

other side: x+7

not sure if this is correct...  haha

 Jun 16, 2015

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An right angled triangle has hypotenuse two centimetres shorter than three times the length of the shortest side. The other side is 7cm longer than the shortest side. Find the length of each side of the triangle.

 

a = 5,    b = 12     and    c = 13

52 + 122 = 132  

 Jun 16, 2015
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An right angled triangle has hypotenuse two centimetres shorter than three times the length of the shortest side. The other side is 7cm longer than the shortest side. Find the length of each side of the triangle.

 

a = 5,    b = 12     and    c = 13

52 + 122 = 132  

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