document.write( "Question 540366: What is the area for a right triangle with sides 2x, x, and 10. 10 is the hypotenuse x is the base 2x is the leg \n" ); document.write( "

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Use Pythagorean Theorem
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282x%29%5E2+%2B+x%5E2+=+10%5E2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x%5E2+%2B+x%5E2+=+100\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x%5E2+=+100\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2+=+20\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+2sqrt%285%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore $\"2x+=+4sqrt%285%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Area+=+base%2Aheight%2F2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Area+=+%282sqrt%285%29%29%284sqrt%285%29%29%2F2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Area+=+highlight%2820%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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