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Manisha wishes to fit three rods together in the shape of a right triangle. The hypotenuse is to be 2 cm longer than the base and 4 cm longer than the altitude. What should be the length of the rods?
Let the base of the triangle be x cm and altitude be y cm.

Then, according to question,
Hypotenuse (AC)= (x + 2) cm ...(i)
Hypotenuse (AC)= (y + 4) cm ...(ii)
Comparing (i) and (ii), we get
x + 2 = y + 4
⇒ y = x – 2
⇒ AB = (x – 2) cm
Now in right triangle ABC, We have
AC
2 = AB
2 + BC
2 [Using Pythagoras theorem]
(x + 2)
2 = (x – 2)
2 + (x)
2
⇒ x
2 + 4 + 4x = x
2 + 4 – 4x + x
2
⇒ x
2 + 4a + 4 = 2x
2 – 4x + 4
⇒ x
2 – 8x = 0
⇒ x (x – 8) = 0
⇒ A = 0
or x – 8 = 0
⇒ x = 0
or x = 8
x = 0 is not possible
Therefore, x = 8 cm
Now required sides be
BC = x = 8 cm
AB = x – 2 = 8 – 2 = 6 cm
and AC = (x + 2) = (8 + 2)
= 10 cm.
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