SOLUTION: Solve, and round your answer to the nearest tenth. Find the perimeter of a right triangle with legs that measure 6.0 in. and 8.0 in.

Question 1079071: Solve, and round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Find the perimeter of a right triangle with legs that measure 6.0 in. and 8.0 in.

Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, MathLover1:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve for the hypotenuse using the Pythagorean theorem,

Then,

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if we have a right triangle with legs that measure and , than hypotenuse is:

then, the perimeter of a right triangle is:

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