document.write( "Question 622767: I need to find all three sides of a right triangle (use the pythagorean therum to make a quadratic equation then solve)
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Right Triangle with Sides x, (x+1) and (x+2)...
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document.write( "Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
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document.write( " x^2 + (x+1)^2 = (x+2)^2
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document.write( " x^2 + x^2 + 2x + 1 = x^2 + 4x + 4
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document.write( "     x^2 -2x - 3 = 0
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document.write( " factoring
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document.write( "   (x-3)(x+1) = 0
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document.write( "     x = 3   (throwing out negative solution -1 for length)
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document.write( " Sides are 3, 4, 5 \n" );
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