document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=436153>Question 436153</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 7 centimeters longer than either of its legs.  Find the exact length of each side(an isosceles right triangle is a right triangle whose legs are the sae length.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the length of one leg?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the length of the other leg?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the length of the hypotenuse?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Simplfy your answer using radicals as needed.) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #301754 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=301754\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> one leg x cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "other leg = x cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = x+7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+x^2=(x+7)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2=x^2+14x+49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2-14x-49=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve by quadratic formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=	1	b=	-14	c=	-49				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b^2-4ac=196+196						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2-4ac=392==>	sqrt(	392	)=19.8		<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x1=(14+19.8)/	2				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x1=	16.9								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2=(14-19.8)/2					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x2= -2.9								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ignore negative value	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The legs are 16.9 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hypotenuse = 23.9 cm								<BR>\n" );
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