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The legs of a right triangle are (x) cm and (x+24) cm and the hypotenuse is (120) cm. What is the smaller leg?

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Correct answer: (72) cm

The direct answer is B, 72 cm. Let the smaller leg be x cm; the other leg is x+24 and the hypotenuse is 120. Pythagoras gives \\(x^2+(x+24)^2=120^2\\). Expanding: \\(2x^2+48x+576=14400\\), so \\(x^2+24x-6912=0\\). This factors as \\( (x-72)(x+96)=0\\). Since a length is positive, x=72. Option B is correct. Option A, 66, gives legs 66 and 90, whose squares do not total \\(120^2\\). Option C, 80, gives legs 80 and 104 and fails the equation. Option D, 96, gives legs 96 and 120; a second leg cannot equal the hypotenuse in a non-degenerate right triangle. The smaller leg is the requested quantity.

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Quadratic EquationsPythagorasRight Triangle

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