SOLUTION: Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25 cm.

SOLUTION: Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25 cm.

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Question 209763: Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25 cm.
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a^2+b^2=c^2; a,b are the legs and c is hypotenuse of the right triangle (Pythagorean theorem) 7^2+b^2=25^2; 49+b^2=625; b^2 =625-49; b^2=576; b=sq rt(576
b=24cm
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