SOLUTION: i need to find the perimeter of a right triangle with the base of X+2 the height is X+9 the hypotenuse is X+10

SOLUTION: i need to find the perimeter of a right triangle with the base of X+2 the height is X+9 the hypotenuse is X+10

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Question 781985: i need to find the perimeter of a right triangle with the base of X+2 the height is X+9 the hypotenuse is X+10
Answer by Menjax(62) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Using Pythagorean theorem

Expanding

simplified

using quadratic formula

If x is -5 than the base would be -3 and you can't have a negative distance...
So

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