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The length of the small leg of a 30 -60 -90 degree triangle is 5. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

The length of the small leg of a 30 -60 -90 degree triangle is 5. What is the perimeter-example-1
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Answer:

option (B)

15 + 5√3

Explanation:

In a 30-60-90 triangle, you can find the measure of any of the three sides, simply by knowing the measure of at least one side in the triangle.

Given in the question,

length of small leg = 5

As we know that

The hypotenuse is equal to twice the length of the shorter leg

hypotenuse = 2(5) =10

The longer leg is equal to multiplying the shorter leg by the square root of 3

other leg = 5√3

Perimeter of a triangle = sum of the length of three sides

= 5√3 + 10 + 5

= 15 + 5√3

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