2025 AISS PRELIMS P1 Q24

2025 AISS PRELIMS P1 Q24

Secondary 4
6 marks

The right-angled triangle has sides \((x+1), (x+3)\) and \(y\), where \(x\) and \(y\) are integers.

  1. Show that \(y\) is an even number.

    [4]
  2. Find a possible value of \(y\) and the corresponding value of \(x\).

    [2]

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Answer:(a) \(y\) is even (b) One possibility is \(x=2,y=4\)

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