Question

The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 25cm and it's perimeter is 56 cm. Find the length of smallest side.

Answer 1

altitude(a)+base(b)+height(h)=56

a²+b²=h²

=25²

a+b=25

let a=x

b=25-x

x+25-x+25=56

x+25-x=31

----->solve