A square is drawn inside a right-angled triangle with the two perpendicular sides as 12 cm and 8 cm. what is the side of the largest possible square that can be drawn? Pick
A) 4 cm
B) 4.8 cm
C) 4.5 cm
D) 4.4 cm
E) 5 cm
consider the origin as the point of right angle thus (8,0)and (0,12) are the 2 vertices. equation of hypotenuse : 8y+12x=96.   now solve this with y=x(the diagonal of the largest square)   x=4.8, y=4.8 .   ANSWER:4.8 cm
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A square is drawn inside a right-angled triangle with the two perpendicular sides as 12 cm and 8 cm. what is the side of the largest possible square that can be drawn?