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 193980: Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25 cm.

Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
7^2+X^2=25^2
49+X^2=625
X^2=625-49
X^2=576
X=SQRT576
X=24 IS THE LENGTH OF THE THIRD SIDE.
pROOF:
7^2+24^2=25^2
49+576=625
625=625
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