SOLUTION: The hypotenuse of a right triangle has a length of 13 cm. the sum of the lengths of the other two sides is 17. Find the unknown lengths.
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Question 322749: The hypotenuse of a right triangle has a length of 13 cm. the sum of the lengths of the other two sides is 17. Find the unknown lengths.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From eq. 2,
Substitute into eq. 1,
Two solutions:
Then from eq. 2,
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Then,
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The other two sides are 5 and 12 cm long.
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