document.write( "Question 185852: The hypotenuse of a right triangle measures 20cm. The sum of the lengths of the other 2 sides is 28cm. Find the lengths of these two sides.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the length of one side. Therefore the length of the other side is 28 – x.
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