document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=229995>Question 229995</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One leg of a right triangle is three times as long as the other. Write the lengthof the hypotenuse as a function of the shorter leg.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) c = (something i can't read)(square root of a)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) c = 2a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) c = (something i can't read)(square root of 10)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d) c = 10(a squared) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #170407 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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=170407\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let a and b be the two legs of this triangle and c is the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b+=+3a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b+=+3a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \"One leg (b) is three times as long as the other (3a).\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the Pythagorean theorem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2Bb%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2Bb%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Substitute <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b+=+3a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b+=+3a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2B%283a%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2B%283a%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like-terms on the right side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2B9a%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+a%5E2%2B9a%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%5E2+=+10a%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%5E2+=+10a%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Take the square root of both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c+=+sqrt%2810%29%2Aa ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c+=+sqrt%2810%29%2Aa\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28c+=+a%2Asqrt%2810%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28c+=+a%2Asqrt%2810%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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