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document.write( "The perimeter of a right triangle is 144 cm. The base is 12 cm. less than the adjacent. Find the area.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The person who posted it, simply does not know the terminology.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Concretely, he does not know that the perpendicular sides of a right-angled triangle are called the legs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is the source of difficulties that some tutors have trying to find the sense, hidden behind wrong terminology usage.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The correct formulation of the problem is &nbsp;<U>THIS</U>:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    The perimeter of a right triangle is 144 cm. One leg is 12 cm shorter than another. Find the area.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this formulation &nbsp;(in this interpretation)&nbsp; the problem was solved under this link\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the original formulation in the post &nbsp;#1108259&nbsp; was wrong again, and I pointed to it to the author of the post.\r<BR>\n" );
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