right triangle is in the first quadrant with a vertex at the origin and the other two vertices on the x and y axes. if the hypothenuse passes through the point (0,5,4), find the vertices of the triangle so that the length of the hypotenuse is the shortest. Answer: (0,0), (_,0) and (0,5

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a right triangle is in the first quadrant with a vertex at the origin and the other two vertices on the x and y axes. if the hypothenuse passes through the point (0,5,4), find the vertices of the triangle so that the length of the hypotenuse is the shortest. Answer: (0,0), (_,0) and (0,5).

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