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Tutors Answer Your Questions about Trigonometry-basics (FREE) Get help from our free tutors ===> Algebra.Com stats: 2012 tutors, 419471 problems solved View all solved problems on Trigonometry-basics -- maybe yours has been solved already! Become a registered tutor (FREE) to answer students' questions. Click here to see problems AND answers on one page Question 627380: Use an algebraic method to find the exact solution(s) of 2 cos^2x + sin x =1 where x is any real number. (Please show work) Click here to see answer by hammy(9)   Question 627470: Please help me solve this question. The length of the shorter leg, A, of a right triangle is 6 centimeters less than the length of the hypotenuse, C, and the length of the longer leg, B, is 3 centimeters less than the length of the hypotenuse. Find the length of the sides of the right triangle. 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