SOLUTION: a right triangle that has legs of 2n and n. and a hypotenuse of n sqrt3. what would be n?

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Question 716880: a right triangle that has legs of 2n and n. and a hypotenuse of n sqrt3. what would be n?
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No such triangle exists for any real number . Now if you happened to have stated the problem incorrectly such that the hypotenuse is and the legs are and , then can be any positive real number you like.

If the triangle you specified were to exist then:



Then



Then





But...



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