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Lê Quốc Trần Anh Coordinator

05/01/2018 at 17:28
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 In right triangle ABC, the median to the hypotenuse has length 15 units and the altitude to the hypotenuse has length 12 units. What is the length of the shorter leg of triangle ABC? Express your answer in simplest radical form. 




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    Phan Thanh Tinh Coordinator 13/01/2018 at 14:05

    Let a,b be the lengths of the legs of the triangle (a > b > 0)

    The hypotenuse of the triangle is : 15 x 2 = 30 (units)

    \(\left\{{}\begin{matrix}ab=30.12\\a^2+b^2=30^2\end{matrix}\right.\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}a^2-2ab+b^2=180\\a^2+2ab+b^2=1620\end{matrix}\right.\)

    \(\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}\left(a-b\right)^2=\left(6\sqrt{5}\right)^2\\\left(a+b\right)^2=\left(18\sqrt{5}\right)^2\end{matrix}\right.\Rightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}a-b=6\sqrt{5}\\a+b=18\sqrt{5}\end{matrix}\right.\)

    \(\Rightarrow2b=12\sqrt{5}\Rightarrow b=6\sqrt{5}\)

    So, the answer is \(6\sqrt{5}\) units


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