document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=950251>Question 950251</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The floor of a rectangular storage room is divided into two right triangles by drawing a diagonal. One leg of the resulting triangle, the width of the room, is 4 feet more than two times the other leg, the length of the room. The hypotenuse is 26 feet. Find the length and the width of the room. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #580203 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jhaashok630><B>jhaashok630(18)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jhaashok630><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=580203\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x = one leg length of triangle \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the width of the room, is 4 feet more than two times the other leg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width = 2x+4    \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "use pythagoreous therem <BR>\n" );
document.write( " One leg = x   other leg = 2x+4  hyptenuse = 26\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     x^2+(2x+4)^2=26^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "     x=10     length = 10 feet  and width = 24 feet </SPAN>\n" );
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