SOLUTION: A triangle with 3 sides, with one right angle. The height is 5km and the slant of the triangle is 13km.... The base is X..... What is the volume of the base, the area km squared

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Question 982524: A triangle with 3 sides, with one right angle. The height is 5km and the slant of the triangle is 13km.... The base is X..... What is the volume of the base, the area km squared and the perimeter.......
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A triangle with 3 sides, AND one right angle. The height is 5km and the HYPOTENUSE of the triangle is 13km.... The base is X..... What is the volume AREA of the TRIANGLE,
in km squared, THE BASE, X, and the perimeter?
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Pythagorean Theorem formula will let you find the base.
X%5E2%2B5%5E2=13%5E3
X%5E2=169-25
X%5E2=144
highlight%28X=12%29--------Size of the base, kilometers.

Finding the area:
%281%2F2%29X%2Ah, if h is for "height".
%281%2F2%2912%2A5, because you found X and were given height;
6%2A5
highlight%2830%2AsquareKilometers%29

Find Perimeter:
Sum of the measures of the sides,
X%2Bh%2Bslant------you called the hypotenuse, "slant".
12%2B5%2B13
highlight%2830%29