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Question 987948: find the perimeter of an isosceles right triangle which has the area of 200 cm
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Either leg, x.
Such a triangle is half of a square, and each leg serves as base or height.
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, the the area of the isosceles right triangle.

What is 4x ?

You also want to know the length of the hypotenuse, which would be the diagonal of the square from which this triangle comes.




NOW, if h is the hypotenuse,





You have now the data needed to find the perimeter of the triangle.


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