SOLUTION: Q. The length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 10cm. If the length of the other two sides are in the ratio 3:4, fin the length of these sides.

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Question 844455: Q. The length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 10cm. If the length of the other two sides are in the ratio 3:4, fin the length of these sides.
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Memorize Pythagorean triples. One such triple is 3 4 5, where 5 is the length of the hypotenuse, and 3 and 4 are the lengths of the legs. If 5 is doubled to 10, then double 3 and 4 to 6 and 8.


The lengths of the sides are 6 and 8.