In a right angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 10cm more than the shortest side.if third side is 6 cm less than the hypotenuse, find the sides of the right angle triangle.
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Step-by-step explanation:
Let the shortest side be base of 'x' cm.
Hypotnuse = x +10
Height = x+10-6
=x+4
Bu pythagoras theorem,
(x+10)^2 = (x+4)^2 + x^2
x^2 + 20x + 100 = x^2 + 8x + 16 +x^2
20x + 100 = 16 + 8x + x^2
x^2 + 8x - 20x = 100 - 16
x^2 - 12x - 84 = 0
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