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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is twice the length of one of its legs. The length of the other leg is three feet. Find the lengths of the three sides of the triangle. Enter an exact answer. Do not type your answers as fractions or decimals.

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Answer:

2√3 = hypotenuse

√3 = side

Explanation:


\sqrt{3^(2) +x^(2) } = 2x \\\sqrt{9 +x^(2) } = 2x\\9+x^(2) =(2x)^(2) \\9+x^(2) = 4x^(2) \\9 = 4x^(2) - x^(2) = 3x^(2) \\3 = x^(2)\\√(3) = x\\\\2x = 2√(3)\\

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Answer:

the smaller side=√3

hypotenuse=2√3

Explanation:

(see the attachment below)

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is twice the length of one of its legs. The length-example-1
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