document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=588184>Question 588184</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A garden has a shape of an isosceles right triangle.  The length of the hypotenuse is 24 feet. What is the Area of the garden? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "leg1^2+leg2^2= hypotenuse ^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the legs be x each\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2+x^2= 24^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2= 24^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2= 24 *24/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2= 24*12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2= 288\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of right triangle = 1/2 leg^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=1/2 *288<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 144 sq. ft </SPAN>\n" );
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