Re: In the triangle shown, B D=8 and A D= 6. Angles									
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									01 Nov 2025, 14:14																	
							 
							
														
								An altitude drawn from the right angle of a right triangle divides the triangle into smaller, proportional triangles. First, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find $A B$ : triangle $A D B$ is a Pythagorean triple in the ratio of $\(3-4-5\)$. In this case, the legs are 6 and 8 , so the hypotenuse will be 10 .
Since the triangles are proportional, their perimeters are proportional as well. The perimeter of triangle $\(A D B\)$ is $\(24(6+8+10)\)$, so we can set up the following equation, comparing the smallest sides of both triangles we're considering:
$$
\(\begin{aligned}
\frac{6}{10} & =\frac{24}{\text { Perimeter of } A B C} \\
6(\text { Perimeter of } A B C) & =240 \\
\text { Perimeter of } A B C & =40
\end{aligned}\)
$$