document.write( "Question 1027140: In a right triangle, the long leg is three times the length of the short leg. The hypotenuse is the square of the short leg. Find the exact perimeter and area of this triangle. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #642406 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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x  short leg\r\n" );
document.write( "3x  long leg\r\n" );
document.write( "x^2  hypotenuse

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Pythagorean Formula gives this: $\"x%5E2%2B%283x%29%5E2=x%5E2\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2%2B9x%5E2=x%5E2\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"9x%5E2=0\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2=0\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=0\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You should expect from the long and short legs is $\"x%5E2%2B9x%5E2\"$ is the square of the hypotenuse, which is $\"10x%5E2\"$ . You will then have hypotenuse is $\"x%2Asqrt%2810%29\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "The perimeter should be $\"3x%2Bx%2Bx%2Asqrt%2810%29=4x%2Bx%2Asqrt%2810%29\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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