A right triangles has legs of lenth 12 and 5. Find two other ordered triples whose side are lenghts of a triangle that are similar.
2007-06-03 16:11:12 · 4 answers · asked by tina c 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
When you use these 2 values and find the hypotenuse you will get 13. This relationship gives a complete square when looking for the hypotenuse. Knowing that you can see that these are similar as well:
15, 36, 39
20, 48, 52
You multiply all by the same number.
2007-06-03 16:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by Cool Nerd At Your Service 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about similar triples describing right triangles with sides of integral lengths...
Like
7 24 25
8 15 17
9 40 41
11 60 61
12 35 37
13 84 85
Or are you talking about similar triangles, that is, with the same proportions.
Like 120, 50, 130, and 24,10, 26, and 36,15, 39.
2007-06-03 23:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any multiple of 5, 12 , and 13 will do.
10, 24, 26
20,48,52
2007-06-03 23:16:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you have (13,12,5): two others would be (26,24,10) and (39,36,15).
2007-06-03 23:16:09 · answer #4 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋