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ziro4ka [17]
3 years ago
8

A city lot has the shape of a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 2 ft longer than one of the other sides. the perimeter of the l

ot is 364 ft. how long is each side of the lot?
Mathematics
1 answer:
ELEN [110]3 years ago
5 0

Suppose that, in the triangle ABC, the hypothenuse is AC. Let's call its length [tex ] \overline{AC} = x [/tex].

The hypothenuse is 2 ft longer than one of the legs (say AB, for example). This means that \overline{AB} = x-2

Finally, we can find the other leg with the pythagorean theorem:

\overline{BC} = \sqrt{\overline{AC}^2 - \overline{AB}^2} = \sqrt{x^2 - (x-2)^2} = \sqrt{x^2 - x^2 + 4x - 4} = \sqrt{4x-4} = \sqrt{4(x-1)} = 2\sqrt{x-1}

So, the perimeter (i.e. the sum of the sides) is given by

x + (x-2) + 2\sqrt{x-1} = 364 \iff 2x - 2 + 2\sqrt{x-1} = 364

Isolate the square root to get

2\sqrt{x-1} = 2 - 2x + 364 = 366 - 2x

Divide all sides by 2:

\sqrt{x-1} = 183 - x

Square both sides:

x-1 = x^2 - 366 x + 33489 \iff x^2 - 367x + 33490 = 0

This equation has solutions x = 170 or x=197. These solutions lead to, in the first case,

\overline{AC} = x = 170,\quad \overline{AB} = x-2 = 168,\quad \overline{BC} = 2\sqrt{x-1} = 2\sqrt{169} = 2\cdot 13 = 26

In the second case, you have

\overline{AC} = x = 197,\quad \overline{AB} = x-2 = 195,\quad \overline{BC} = 2\sqrt{x-1} = 2\sqrt{196} = 2\cdot 14 = 28

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