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A RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLE HAS PERIMETER EQUAL TO 198 AND AREA IS 1386.WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE HYPOTENUSE


The answer is 85.

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Jesse Nieminen
Aug 27, 2016

Let a a and b b be the legs and c c be the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
Clearly a b 2 = 1386 \dfrac{ab}2 = 1386 , a + b + c = 198 a+b+c = 198 and a 2 + b 2 = c 2 a^2 + b^2 = c^2 . (The last one is the Pythagorean theorem .)

Now, 2 a b = 4 1386 2ab = 4\cdot 1386 and a 2 + b 2 + 2 a b = ( a + b ) 2 = ( 198 c ) 2 = c 2 2 198 c + 19 8 2 a^2 + b^2 + 2ab = \left(a+b\right)^2 = \left(198-c\right)^2 = c^2 - 2 \cdot 198c + 198^2 ,
which imply that c 2 + 4 1386 = c 2 2 198 c + 19 8 2 c = 19 8 2 4 1386 2 198 = 99 14 = 85 c^2 + 4 \cdot 1386 = c^2 - 2 \cdot 198c + 198^2 \implies c = \dfrac{198^2 - 4 \cdots 1386}{2\cdot198} = 99 - 14 = \color{#3D99F6}{85} .

Hence, the answer is 85 \boxed{\color{#3D99F6}{85}} .

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