SOLUTION: How large a square can be put inside a right triangle whose legs are 5 cm and 12 cm?

SOLUTION: How large a square can be put inside a right triangle whose legs are 5 cm and 12 cm?

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Question 1073643: How large a square can be put inside a right triangle whose legs are 5 cm and 12 cm?
Answer by ikleyn(53763)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See the lesson
    - Miscellaneous problems on similar triangles, Problem 3
in this site.

Consider that problem as your sample/prototype and solve you problem similarly, using your data.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook on Geometry
    GEOMETRY - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK
in this site.

The referred lesson is the part if this textbook under the topic "Similar triangles".

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