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DerKrebs [107]
3 years ago
15

Two sides of a right triangle have lengths of 26 units and 10 units. There are two possible lengths for the third side. What is

the shortest possible side length
Mathematics
1 answer:
Naya [18.7K]3 years ago
7 0
C^2 = a^2 + b^2
26^2 = 10^2 + b^2
676 = 100 + b^2
576 = b^2
shortest side length = 24 units
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For simplicity, I will denote the sets of system of non-linear equations by S={A,B,C,D,E,F} from left to right.

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A: x+y=-2+3=1  ≠ 3   so no
B: x-y=-2-3=-5  ≠ 1   so no
C: 2x+y=-2(2)+3=-1  ≠ 1   so no
D: x+2y=-2+3(2)=4  ≠ 2   so no
E: -x+y=2+3=5  ≠ 1   so no
F: x+y=-2+3=1  ≠ 3   so YES now check the other solution 7-6=-1   OK

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(2) Given solutions {(-5,8),(3,0)}
We proceed in a similar way, to find that
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-x+y=7 & -8 so does not satisfy E
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@officiallyqueenz, for your benefit, I will leave one for you as exercise.  Please proceed to find the system for solution set (4).  Post a your work as comments if you get stuck, or your answer for verification if you wish.

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