SOLUTION: find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if one leg measures 8 cm and the other leg measures 15cm

SOLUTION: find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if one leg measures 8 cm and the other leg measures 15cm

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Question 460951: find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if one leg measures 8 cm and the other leg measures 15cm
Answer by Gogonati(855) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since the legs are 8 cm and 15 cm, then the area will be:
To find the perimeter we first find the hypotenuse using the Pythagorean Theorem:
, and the perimeter is:
15cm+8cm+17cm=40cm.
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