SOLUTION: If the area of a right triangle is 24 square inches and the hypotenuse is 12 inches, find the lengths of the legs of the triagle.
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Question 350112: If the area of a right triangle is 24 square inches and the hypotenuse is 12 inches, find the lengths of the legs of the triagle.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x and y be the legs of the triangle.
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Find the intersection points between these two functions.
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From eq. 1,
Substitute into eq. 2,
or approximately,
and
with corresponding y values of
and
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