The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangl...

The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is `3sqrt(5)`cm. If the smallest side is tripled and the larger side is doubled, the new hypotenuse becomes 15 cm. Find the length of each side.

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`:.` Smallest side is 3 cm and larger side is 6 cm.

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