Question

The right angled triangle has sides (x+10)cm,(x+2)cm and (x+4)cm.find the value of each side of the triangle

Answer 1

since x+10 is clearly the longest side, the Pythagorean Theorem says

(x+2)^2 + (x+4)^2 = (x+10)^2
solve for x, and then use that to get the side lengths