Guys!! anyone can help me solve this geometry problem?What is the area of this triangle?

Mathematics

1 answer:

NeX [460]3 years ago

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Answer:

10657.5

Step-by-step explanation:

<h2>Long way that is unnecessarily long</h2>

We can start by finding the area of the larger triangle. Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can say that 251²-105²=the bottom side², and 251²-105²=51976, so the bottom side of the larger triangle is √51976 , or approximately 228. Then, the area of the larger triangle is √51976 * 105/2 = 11969 (approximately). Then, the area of the smallest triangle (the largest triangle - the one that we're trying to find the area of) is 105*(√51976-203)/2 = approximately 1312. Then, subtracting that from the total area, we get (√51976 * 105 - 105*(√51976-203))/2 = 105*203/2 = 10657.5

<h2>Short way</h2>

ALTERNATIVELY, upon further review, we can just see that the height is 105 and the base is 203, so we multiply those two and divide by 2, as is the formula for the area of a triangle, to get 10657.5

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