Question

A right triangle has coordinates A(6, 0), B(0, 0), and C(0, 8). What is the perimeter of the triangle?
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Answer 1

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The perimeter is the sum of all three sides. Or a+b+c

Can you find a, and b?

And to find c, you have to use phytagorean theorem and plug in the values you got for a and b, and solve for c.

Phytagorean theorem: \(\tt a^2+b^2=c^2\)