document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=873561>Question 873561</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can someone solve this question for me please?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the lenghth of one leg of a right triangle is 8 ft the lenghth of the hypotenuse is 4 feet longer than the other leg </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Apply Pythagorean theorem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = length of other leg<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8^2 + x^2 = (x+4)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8^2 + x^2 = (x+4)(x+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 + x^2 = x^2+8x+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 = 8x+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Other leg is 6 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hypotenuse = x+4= 6+4 = 10 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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