document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1105103>Question 1105103</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pythagorean Theorem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side A^2+Side B^2=hypotenuse C^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-2)^2+(x-4)^2=x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "work:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2-36=x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2=x^2+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Square root both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Incorrect though. Not sure what I did wrong. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 -4x +4 +x^2 -8x + 16 = x^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^2 -12x +20 = x^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 -12x +20 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-10) * (x-2) = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-10 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-2 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 10 or x = 2, so we have two possible right triangles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8, 6, 10 or 0, -2, 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we reject the 0, -2, 2 triangle and select 8, 6, 10 triangle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check answers by substituting for x in original equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(10-2)^2 + (10-4)^2 = 10^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64 + 36 = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100 = 100<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2-2)^2 + (2-4)^2 = 2^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 = 4<BR>\n" );
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