document.write( "Question 853181: The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10cm. One of the legs is two cm than the other leg. find the lengths of the two legs. \n" ); document.write( "
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6 and 8
\n" ); document.write( "double of the 3,4,5 right triangle
\n" ); document.write( "a^2+(a+2)^2=100
\n" ); document.write( "a^2+a^2+4a+4=100\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2a^2+4a+4=100
\n" ); document.write( "a^2+2a+2=50
\n" ); document.write( "a^2+2a-48=0
\n" ); document.write( "(a-6)*(a+8)=0
\n" ); document.write( "a=6
\n" ); document.write( "a=-8 reject
\n" ); document.write( "6,8, 10\r
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