document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=279400>Question 279400</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to find the perimeter of a right triangle that has a height of 9 and hypotenuse of 15. Please advise. Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #203146 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=203146\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Not hypertense but hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A triangle has three sides. We know two of them.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How do we find the third side of a right triangle?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2+b^2+c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where c is the hypotenuse and a and b are the legs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+b+c=perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so first we need to find the missing side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2+9^2=15^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2+81=225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2=144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We could also  have deduced the third side since this is a multiple of the classic triplet right triangle 3, 4,5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*3=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*4=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*5=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So now you have the three sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You still need to add them together to get the perimeter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a+b+c=perimeter<BR>\n" );
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