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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

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.

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