document.write( "Question 1168590: The hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is 15 cm. One of the legs is 2 and half times the length of the other
\n" ); document.write( "leg. What is the length of the longer leg? Please use fractions when solving, not decimals, until the unknown
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The hypotenuse of a right angle triangle is 15 cm. One of the legs is 2 and half times the length of the other
\n" ); document.write( "leg. What is the length of the longer leg?
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\n" ); document.write( "x = length of shortest leg
\n" ); document.write( "5x/2 = longer leg
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + (5x/2)^2 = 15^2
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + 25x^2/4 = 225
\n" ); document.write( "4x^2 + 25x^2 = 900
\n" ); document.write( "29x^2 = 900
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 900/29
\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+30%2Fsqrt%2829%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Length of longer leg = \"75%2Fsqrt%2829%29\"\r
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