2002 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 22
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Problem
Let be a right-triangle with
. Let
and
be the midpoints of the legs
and
, respectively. Given
and
, find
.
Solution
Let and
. By the Pythagorean Theorem,
and
We wish to find
. So, we add the two equations, multiply by
, and take the squareroot to get