document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=371490>Question 371490</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i have a triangle ABC a= 2x+5  b= 3x-7 C= x+38 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "By pythagorean formula\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x+5)^2 + (3x-7)^2 = (x+38)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x^2+20x+25 +9x^2-42x+49 = x^2+76x+1444<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x^2 -98x - 1370 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve using quadratic formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = [98 +/- (98^2 -4(12)(-1370))^.5/24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = [98 +/1 (75,364)^.5]24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (98 +/- 274.5)/24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 15.52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The value of x = 15.52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 2(15.52) +5 = 36.04<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 3(15.52)-7 = 39.56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 15.52+38=53.52 </SPAN>\n" );
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