SOLUTION: A right triangle has a perimeter of 24, what are the length of its 3 sides if they can only be whole numbers?

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Question 604049: A right triangle has a perimeter of 24, what are the length of its 3 sides if they can only be whole numbers?
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6, 8, 10

You kind of have to guess and check the Pythagorean triples.

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