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The legs of a right triangle are (x) cm and (x+14) cm and the hypotenuse is (70) cm. What is the smaller leg?

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Correct answer: (42) cm

The direct answer is option A, 42 cm. In a right triangle, the Pythagorean theorem says leg1^2+leg2^2=hypotenuse^2. Here, x^2+(x+14)^2=70^2. Expanding gives 2x^2+28x+196=4900, or x^2+14x-2352=0. Factoring gives (x-42)(x+56)=0. Length cannot be negative, so x=42. The other leg is 56, and 42^2+56^2=70^2, confirming the result. Option A is correct. Option B, 44, gives the other leg 58 and does not satisfy the theorem. Option C, 46, gives 60, whose squares do not total 70^2. Option D, 48, gives 62 and also fails. The hypotenuse must be the longest side, so it is correctly used as 70. Exam cue: write the square of each leg, add them, and equate the result to the square of the hypotenuse; reject any negative algebraic root.

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Quadratic EquationsPythagorasRight Triangle

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