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 December 12th, 2016, 07:31 AM #1 Math Team   Joined: Oct 2011 From: Ottawa Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,665 Thanks: 740 Rectangle: right triangle Code: G E B D C A F Rectangle ADEB in right triangle CFG as shown; E,D on FG, B on CG and A on CF (of course!). Givens are CG and the dimensions of the rectangle. Calculate CF. Is there a "simple way" (as I thought there would be) to calculate CF? I keep getting headaches: can't come up with something simple. Last edited by Denis; December 12th, 2016 at 07:44 AM.
 December 12th, 2016, 11:45 AM #2 Math Team   Joined: Oct 2011 From: Ottawa Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,665 Thanks: 740 Thanks to my trusty UBasic, found lowest integer case: triangle : sides CFG : 300-400-500 (from ye olde 3-4-5 of course!) ABC : 210-280-350 ADF : 072-096-120 BEG : 054-072-090 So rectangle: 72 by 350

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