<PRE><B>Question 583767</B>
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You don&#39;t actually need to know the area to answer this question.  Since the perimeter is an integer, and therefore a rational number, the measures of the sides of the right triangle must form a Pythagorean triple.  The only Pythagorean triple that sums to 72 is 18 - 24 - 30.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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