SOLUTION: The height of a right triangle is 10 less then the base . If the hypotenuse is 50cm what are the dimensions of the triangle

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Question 1033054: The height of a right triangle is 10 less then the base . If the hypotenuse is 50cm what are the dimensions of the triangle
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Let represent the measure of the base. Then must represent the measure of the height, and, according to Pythagoras:



Simplify and then solve the factorable quadratic for the positive root. Then calculate

John

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