SOLUTION: A right triangle has legs of 5 and x+2 and a hypotenuse of length x+3. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

Question 369257: A right triangle has legs of 5 and x+2 and a hypotenuse of length x+3. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
Found 2 solutions by acalgebra, Alan3354:
Answer by acalgebra(30) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This right triangle uses the lengths of a common Pythagorean triple: 5, 12, and 13. x=10, so the perimeter is:
5+(10)+2+(10)+3
15+12+3
15+15
30
perimeter=30
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5+(10)+2+(10)+3
15+12+3 **** +13, not +3
P = 40
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15+15
30
perimeter=30
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