document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=273397>Question 273397</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the segments formed by the altitude to the hypotenuse of right triangle ABC measures 8 inches and 10 inches. Find the length of the shorter leg of triangle ABC </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the unknown side. By the Pythagoreon Theorem we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10^ = 8^2 + x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 100 - 64 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6 </SPAN>\n" );
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