document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=468017>Question 468017</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the perimeter of a right triangle with its legs measuring 7 and 24 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Pythagorean Theorem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a² + b² = c² {a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7² + 24² = c² {substituted into Pythagorean Theorem}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "49 + 576 = c² {squared 7 and 24}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "625 = c² {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 25 {evaluated square root of 625 to be 25}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter of a triangle = all sides added together\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter = 7 + 24 + 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 56<BR>\n" );
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