document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=334126>Question 334126</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 8 inches longer than the shorter leg. The longer leg is 4 inches longer than the shorter leg. Find the length of the shorter leg. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the measure of the short leg. Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 4\"> must represent the measure of the long leg, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 8\"> must represent the measure of the hypotenuse.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use Pythagoras:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (x\ +\ 8)^2\ =\ (x\ +\ 4)^2\ +\ x^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Expand the two squared binomials, collect like terms, and solve the resulting quadratic for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">, the measure of the short leg.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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