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What are the values of perpendicular and legs in the following triangle?

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What are the values of perpendicular and legs in the following triangle?

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posted Oct 6, 2016 by anonymous

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Let A = value of perpendicular
Let B = value of leg facing side 9
Let C = value of leg facing side 16
We can write the following equations
9^2 + A^2 = B^2
16^2 + A^2 = C^2
B^2 + C^2 = 25^2
Then,
2A^2 + 9^2 + 16^2 = 25^2 , A = 12
9^2 + 12^2 = B^2 , B = 15
16^2 + 12^2 = C^2 C = 20

answer Oct 19, 2016 by anonymous
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answer Oct 7, 2016 by Tejas Naik
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Guess work confirmed by the Pythagorean Theorem would be - going from left to right:
15, 12. 20.

answer Oct 8, 2016 by George Davros
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the description is in the solution

answer Dec 8, 2016 by Kewal Panesar
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answer Dec 8, 2016 by Kewal Panesar



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