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Question 224464: how do you find the perimeter of a triangle that does not have all sides to add up. when i say not all i mean the hypotenuse is missing. Answer by LtAurora(115) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You need to use the formula:
The and represent the sides while represents the hypotenuse.
Plug in your known sides, square them and add them together. Then take the square root of that sum to solve for . .
To get the perimeter you can then add up all three sides.
