Joel wants to fence off a triangular portion of his yard for his chickens. The three pieces of fencing he has measure 8 feet, 15 feet, and 20 feet long. Use this information to answer the following question: Joel cut the longest piece of fencing in order to make a right triangle. Find the perimeter of Joel’s fence.

Please do step by step explanation so I can understand. Plus my teacher won’t give me credit if I don’t show work. I need the answer + step by step explanation ASAP

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step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus

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as we don't know if g(x) is continue,

answer b

f(x)=2x²-8x+1=2(x²-4x+4)+1-8=2(x-2)²-7

vertex is (2,-7) ( a minimum since coefficient of x² is > 0)