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jesse smith
Mar 23, 2009, 01:57 PM
Hello,

A right triangle has a perimeter of 3 m. Its hypotenuse is 130 cm. What are the lengths of the other sides?

Thank You

galactus
Mar 23, 2009, 05:17 PM
The hypoteneuse is given as 1.3 m

In other words, \sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}=1.3

or x^{2}+y^{2}=1.69

The perimeter is 3m.

x+y+1.3=3

Use the two equations to solve for x and y.