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Posted by monic on Friday, October 5, 2012 at 12:47am.

A right triangle has one leg four times as long as the other. Find a function that models its perimeter P in terms of the length x of the shorter leg.

math - Steve, Friday, October 5, 2012 at 4:56am
p = x + 4x + x√17 = (5+√17)x

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