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Dimensions of a Triangle

Determine the dimensions for a right-angled triangle, having been given the hypotenuse h, and the side x of the inscribed square (where one vertex of the inscribed square is the right-angled vertex of the triangle).

Elements of Geometry, Benjamin Greenleaf, 1869

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"Dimensions of a Triangle," Convergence (March 2006)