Asked by Zephyr Benedict
A right triangle has sides that are 6 cm and 8 cm. What is the perimeter? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
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Assuming the 6 cm and 8 cm are the legs, the hypotenuse is sqrt(6^2 + 8^2) = sqrt(36+64) = 10 cm.
Perimeter = 6 + 8 + 10 = 24 cm.
(If instead 8 were the hypotenuse, the third side would be sqrt(8^2 − 6^2) = sqrt(28) ≈ 5.3 cm, giving perimeter ≈ 19.3 cm.)
Perimeter = 6 + 8 + 10 = 24 cm.
(If instead 8 were the hypotenuse, the third side would be sqrt(8^2 − 6^2) = sqrt(28) ≈ 5.3 cm, giving perimeter ≈ 19.3 cm.)
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