Jose has a board that is 44 inches long. He wishes to cut it into two pieces so that one piece would be 6 inches longer than the
other. How long should the shorter piece be?
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The area of the given triangle is 25 square cm.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1:
First, we plot the coordinates of the triangle.
The right bottom end of the triangle is at (15, 5).
The bottom left end of the triangle is at (10, 5).
The top left end of the triangle is (10, 5).
The area of a triangle is given by half the product of its base length and the height of the triangle.
Step 2:
The area of a triangle
The base is the distance between the bottom two points. The base length cm.
The height is the distance between the two left points. The height cm.
The area of the triangle
The area of the given triangle is 25 square cm.