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A right triangle has area 30 ft2 and a hypotenuse that is 1 foot longer than one of its si...

A right triangle has area 30 ft2 and a hypotenuse that is 1 foot longer than one of its sides.

(a) If x denotes the length of this side, then show that 2x3 + x23600 = 0.


(b) Show that there is a positive root of the equation in part (a) and that this root is less than 13.


(c) Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

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