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What is the perimeter?
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What is the perimeter? Help plz... And No links!! I repeat No links!!-example-1
User Emmett
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Explanation:

soln:

In right-angled triangle,

hypotenuse (h)=20mm

base(b)=12mm

perpendicular (p)=?

Now,using Pythagoras theorem,

h^2=p^2+b^2

or, 20^2=p^2+12^2

or,400-144=p^2

or,p=√256

thus,p=16mm

Now,

perimeter= sum of all three sides

i.e. p=20+12+16=48 Ans

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