The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle 10 cm and its area is 24 cm^2. If the shorts side is halved and the longer side is double, the new hypotenuse becomes

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Hypotenuse = 10cm Let the other 2 perpendicular sides be a and b Area ½ a*b = 24 So a*b = 48 cm^2 Also using Pythagoras

The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle 10 cm and its area is 24 cm^2. If the shorts side is halved and the longer side is double, the new hypotenuse becomes

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