SOLUTION: Please could you help me, I've tried and I can't seem to get to anywhere that allows me to work out the x, thank you! The sides of a right angled triangle are x, (x+2) and (2x-2

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Question 750166: Please could you help me, I've tried and I can't seem to get to anywhere that allows me to work out the x, thank you!
The sides of a right angled triangle are x, (x+2) and (2x-2). The hypotenuse is length (2x-2). Find the actual dimensions of the triangle in cm.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sides of a right angled triangle are x, (x+2) and (2x-2). The hypotenuse is length (2x-2). Find the actual dimensions of the triangle in cm.
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c%5E2+=+a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2
%282x-2%29%5E2+=+x%5E2+%2B+%28x%2B2%29%5E2
Can you do the rest?
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PS "right angled triangle"- call it a right triangle