Question

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 1mless than twice the shortest side.if the third side is 1m more than the shortest side,find the sides of the triangle

Answer 1

shorter side be x,
third side=(x+1)m,
so,hypo=(2x-1);
so,by pythagoras theorem,
x^2+(x-1)^2=(2x-1)^2
so,x=3 metre