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Write the specified quantity as a function of the specified variable. It will help in each case to draw a picture. One leg of a right triangle is twice as long as the other. Write the length of the hypotenuse as a function of the length of the shorter leg.

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Let xx be the shorter leg so that the longer leg is 2x2x. Let hh be the length of the hypotenuse as shown:

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