SOLUTION: Right triangle ABC has one leg of length 6 cm, one leg of length 8 cm and a right angle at A. A square has one side on the hypotenuse of triangle ABC and a vertex on each of the

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Question 242607: Right triangle ABC has one leg of length 6 cm, one leg of
length 8 cm and a right angle at A. A square has one side on
the hypotenuse of triangle ABC and a vertex on each of the two
legs of triangle ABC. What is
the length of one side of the
square? Express your answer
as a common fraction.

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