document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=832143>Question 832143</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PlEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS.. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A right triangle ABC has height 4cm hypotenuse h cm and perimeter p cm. Express h as a function of p. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you find the answer? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How do you know which theorem to use? Please help. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "side 1, 4 cm, the height<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side 2, x cm, unknown<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side 3, h cm, the hypotenuse, unknown<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = perimeter, taken as known, maybe.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p=4%2Bx%2Bh ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p=4%2Bx%2Bh\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ---- understand perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2B4%5E2=h%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2B4%5E2=h%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ----Pythagorean Theorem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You wanted h as a function of p.  Maybe two ways to do it.  Try to find a way to equate expressions for either <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Then solve for h from that.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note, I did not solve this; I only suggested a way to try. </SPAN>\n" );
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