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A right triangle has legs a and b and hypotenuse c. Find the largest possible value of (a+b)/c.

 Mar 28, 2020
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Since a < c and b < c, (a + b)/c < 2c/c = 2.  So the largest possible value of (a + b)/c is 2.

 Mar 29, 2020

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