document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=531566>Question 531566</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose your house is on a large corner lot. The children in the neighborhood cut across your lawn, along a distance of 43 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Find x if 2 sides of the lawn are 3x and 4x. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This makes a triangle.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We can set this up as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3x)^2 + (4x)^2 = 43^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x^2 + 16x^2 = 1849<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x^2=1849<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 25 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 73.96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square root both sides to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8.6 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we know one side is 25.8 feet and the other is 34.4 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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