SOLUTION: In a right angle triangle, hypotenuse is 4cm more than the smallest side and 2cm less than the third side.Find its perimeter
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Question 940066: In a right angle triangle, hypotenuse is 4cm more than the smallest side and 2cm less than the third side.Find its perimeter
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From Pythagorean theorem,
Two solutions:
However subtracting 2 and 4 from this value would lead to zero length and negative length sides.
So then,
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