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What is the perimeter of the triangle?

What is the perimeter of the triangle?-example-1
User NAkhmedov
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Answer:

36 units

Explanation:

it is an isosceles right triangle, we divide it in two parts and we have two right triangles, with the Pythagorean theorem we find the hypotenuse and add it to the other side to get the perimeter (SEE FIGURE)

BC and AC = √(8²+6²)

BC and AC = √(64+36)

BC and AC = √100

BC and AC = 10 units

now we add the sides and find the perimeter

16 + 10 + 10 =

36 units

What is the perimeter of the triangle?-example-1
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