The height of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm,

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asked Feb 16, 2018 in Mathematics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 379 1014

The height of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, form the quadratic equation to find the base of the triangle.

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answered Feb 16, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
 
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The required quadratic equation is x2-7x-60=0

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