document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=179621>Question 179621</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help! I can work all of the other problems just fine, but this one is really throwing me off...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given a right triangle...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "leg a is unknown<BR>\n" );
document.write( "leg b is \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the hypotenuse is \"2x\" ...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am trying to find the value of leg a and no matter what, I can't get it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The teacher provides us with answers and she arrives at the answer of \"square root of 3\" ... I'm so confused. I don't know how she arrived at her answer. Any help will be appreciated! I'm going crazy trying and trying, erasing over and over again... </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #134558 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=134558\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let leg a be a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the answer would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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