SOLUTION: please help ASAP i missed this on a Quiz Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25cm. thank you so much!!!!!!!

Question 199328: please help ASAP i missed this on a Quiz
Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25cm.
thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, rfer:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The measure of the second leg of the triangle is:

The perimeter is the sum of the lengths of the three sides.

The area is the product of the two legs divided by 2.

John

Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p=3.5+3.5+25+25=57
p=(1/2)base x 2 plus 2 x h
a=(1/2)(l)(h)
a=(1/2)x7x25=87.5square cm
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