Question

in a right angle triangle the hypotenuse is 10 cm more than the shortest side . if the third side 6 less than the hypotenuse, find the sides of the triangle

Answer 1

let the shortest side be = x
hypotenuse side be = x + 10
third side be = x + 10 - 6 = x+4
by Pythagoras theorem,
factorize it for answer