Question

What is the perimeter of the triangle shown below, if side a = 6 cm and side b = 8 cm?

Answer 1

The answer is 24 cm.

Explanation:

Since we know two sides, we can find the third side. Using the pythagorean theorm, a^2 + b^2 = c^2, this gives us:

6^2 + 8^2 = c^2

36 + 64 = c^2

100 = c^2

Square root of 100 = c

10 = c.

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