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How do you find the perimeter and area of a right triangle if the shortest side is 9cm and the longest side is 15cm?

Answer 1

Isaiah Anthony

The perimeter is #36 \ cm# and the area is #54 \ cm^2#.

The hypotenuse is always the longest side in a right triangle.

Using the Pythagorean Theorem and this information, we can determine the length of the unknown side.

Length#=sqrt(15^2-9^2)# #color(white)(xxx..)=12#

Perimeter#=9+12+15# #color(white)(xxxxxx)=36#

Area: 1/2 * 9 * 12; Color: white; XX = 54

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Answer 2

Isaiah Anthony

To find the perimeter of a right triangle with sides a, b, and c, where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse, you add the lengths of all three sides: Perimeter = a + b + c. To find the area of a right triangle, you use the formula: Area = (base × height) / 2 or, in the case of a right triangle, you can use the formula: Area = (a × b) / 2, where a and b are the lengths of the legs.

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