SOLUTION: please help ASAP i missed this on a Quiz Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25cm. thank you so much!!!!!!!

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Question 199328: please help ASAP i missed this on a Quiz
Find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 7 cm and the longest side is 25cm.
thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, rfer:
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The measure of the second leg of the triangle is:



The perimeter is the sum of the lengths of the three sides.

The area is the product of the two legs divided by 2.

John

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p=3.5+3.5+25+25=57
p=(1/2)base x 2 plus 2 x h
a=(1/2)(l)(h)
a=(1/2)x7x25=87.5square cm