JEE Advanced · 2017 · 21 May 2017 · Paper 1 · Sequences and Series

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The sides of a right angled triangle are in arithmetic progression. If the triangle has area 24, then what is the length of its smallest side?

Answer: 6

Solution

Let the sides be where and is the hypotenuse. By Pythagoras: , which simplifies to , giving or . The sides are . Area: , so and , giving . The sides are 6, 8, 10, and the smallest is 6.

JEE Advanced · 2017 · 21 May 2017 · Paper 1 · Integer answer

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