SOLUTION: Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 2.5 m. and the longest side is 6.5 m. Include correct units with each part of your solution.

Question 401360: Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 2.5 m. and the longest side is 6.5 m. Include correct units with each part of your solution.

Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The longest side is 6.5, so the hypotenuse is also 6.5. If you recall the 5-12-13 triangle (i.e. 2.5 = 5x, 6.5 = 13x) we can conclude that the third length is 6. If not we can use and solve to get .

The perimeter is = 15, and the area is = 7.5.
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