document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1123996>Question 1123996</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a right triangle ABC, CD is an altitude, such that AD=BC. Find AC, if AB=3 cm, and CD= 2 cm.    </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let AD=BC=x; then BD = 3-x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then in right triangle BDC the legs are 2 and 3-x and the hypotenuse is x.  Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the value of x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then in right triangle ABC the legs are AC and x and the hypotenuse is 3.  Use the Pythagorean Theorem again to find the length of AC. </SPAN>\n" );
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