SOLUTION: If the longest side of a right triangle is 13 and the perimeter is 30 what is the shortest side?

SOLUTION: If the longest side of a right triangle is 13 and the perimeter is 30 what is the shortest side?

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Question 847742: If the longest side of a right triangle is 13 and the perimeter is 30 what is the shortest side?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For this right triangle,
1.
and

2.
From eq. 2,

Substitute into eq. 1,

Two solutions:

Then,

and

then

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