SOLUTION: Find the length of the hypontenuse of a right-angled triangle whose sides are x cm, (X + 1) cm and (X + 3) cm
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Question 814781: Find the length of the hypontenuse of a right-angled triangle whose sides are x cm, (X + 1) cm and (X + 3) cm
Answer by LinnW(1048) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Now subtract from
each side.
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Completing the square
or
Only the first value is positive, so
since the hypotenuse is x+3 =
= =
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