SOLUTION: The side of a beach shelter is made up of four right triangle where the hypotenuse of one triangle is the longer leg of the next triangle. If the hypotenuse of the largest triangle

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Question 697689: The side of a beach shelter is made up of four right triangle where the hypotenuse of one triangle is the longer leg of the next triangle. If the hypotenuse of the largest triangle is meters what is the length of the longest leg of the smallest triangle?
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The side of a beach shelter is made up of four right triangle where the hypotenuse of one triangle is the longer leg of the next triangle. If the hypotenuse of the largest triangle is meters what is the length of the longest leg of the smallest triangle?
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It's also meters.

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