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 The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 3sqrt (5).if the smaller side is tripled and the larger side is doubled,then the new hypotenuse will be 15 cm.find the length of each side.
Asked by nitinkumarsingh.singh.75 | 01 Aug, 2015, 12:59: PM
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Answered by Rashmi Khot | 02 Aug, 2015, 03:38: PM
ICSE 10 - Maths
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