document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1031105>Question 1031105</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 22.8cm.One leg is double the length of the other leg.what are the lengths of the two legs? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "c = 22.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let a be the longer leg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 2b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substituting we have<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide each side by 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take the square root of each side<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 10.196<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 2b = 2*10.196 = 20.392 </SPAN>\n" );
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