SOLUTION: The slides makes a right triangle with the ground and the stairs. The "rise" is 1 meter shorter than the " run " and the slide is 1 meter longer than the " run". Find three sides o
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Question 1121044: The slides makes a right triangle with the ground and the stairs. The "rise" is 1 meter shorter than the " run " and the slide is 1 meter longer than the " run". Find three sides of this slide.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The words describe a right triangle with sides that are consecutive integers.
Without any calculations, you should recognize this as a 3-4-5 right triangle.
The sides are 3m, 4m, and 5m.
With algebra....
let r = length of the run
then r-1 = length of rise
and r+1 = length of slide
Then
Solve the equation....
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