SOLUTION: A piece of wire 60 inches long is bent into the form of a right triangle having a hypotenuse of 25 in. Find the other two sides of the triangle
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Question 407130: A piece of wire 60 inches long is bent into the form of a right triangle having a hypotenuse of 25 in. Find the other two sides of the triangle Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The sum of the 2 legs must be 60 - 25 = 35 inches.
Let x = measure of one leg
==> 35 - x = measure of other leg.
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<==> (x - 20)(x - 15) = 0
==> x = 20, 15
Incidentally these are also the only pair of values that will satisfy the conditions of the problem.
