Question

5. The longest leg of a right triangle is 8 meters and another side is 6 meters. Calculate the

perimeter. 5

Answer 1

Remember this formula.

Explanation:

`\sqrt{a^(2)+b^(2)=c^(2)`

If your legs are 8 and 6, the last side is the hypotenuse, which is always the largest side of a right triangle. You calculate it's length by taking the measurements of leg A and leg B, and squaring both of them, or raising them both by the power of 2.

This will equal C, or your hypotenuse, but it will be squared, so you have to find its square root to get the actual measurement, which is why the equation has a square root sign over it, so the answer is automatically squared when put into a calculator.

8 x 8 = 64 [or
`8^(2)`]

6 x 6 = 36 [or
`6^(2)`]

`8^(2)+6^(2)=100\\√(100)=10`

`\sqrt{8^(2)+6^(2)=10`

Answer 2

24 meters

Explanation:

Alright. Your question had errors, but I managed to scramble together some answers.

The right triangle has a total of 3 sides, 2 which are 8 and 6. We need to find the hypotenuse.

Let's use the Pythagorean Theorum.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

8^2 + 6^2 = c^2

64 + 36 = 100

To get c by itself, square root it.

`√(100) =10`

You found the hypotenuse :D

Add it up!

8 + 6 + 10 = 24 meters