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The area of a right triangle is sixty square centimetres. Its base is one centimetre less than twice its height. If the base and

NemiM [27]

Answer:

5. None of the above

Step-by-step explanation:

We have this information:

A = 60 cm2

b = 2*h - 1

Let's find out b and h:

The equation of the are of a triangle is A = (b*h)/2, if we replace it with our information, we have

$60 = ((2*h - 1) * h)/2\\ 120 = 2*h^2 - h\\ 0 = 2*h^2 - h - 120$

Let's find h with the quadratic formula:

$\fbox {Quadratic formula:} \frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$

$h = \frac{-(-1)\pm\sqrt{(-1)^2-4*2*(-120)}}{2*2} = \frac{1\pm\sqrt{961}}{4} = \frac{1\pm\ 31}{4}$

h = 8 or h = -7.5

But h represents the height of the triangle, so it has to be a positive number, that's h = 8.

If we replace this in the equation we had for b, we have that b = 2*8 - 1 = 15.

Now we can calculate the hypotenuse with the Pythagorean equation

$\fbox {Pythagorean equation:}$ <em>The square of the length of the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two legs (the two sides that meet at a right angle). </em>

The base and the height are our legs. We will use "H" for the hypotenuse

$H^2 = b^2 + h^2 = 15^2 + 8^2 = 289\\ H = \sqrt {289} = 17$

H = 17

If we decrease the base and the height by 2 centimeters, we have

b' = 15 - 2 = 13 and h' = 8 - 2 = 6

With this, let's calculate the new hypotenuse:

$H'^2 = b'^2 + h'^2 = 13^2 + 6^2 = 205\\ H' = \sqrt {205} \approx 14.3$

$H' \approx 14.3$

So, the hypotenuse decreases $H - H' \approx 17 - 14.3 = 2.7$

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3 years ago

at a particular college 2/5 of the students take a math class. Of these students 1/4 take basic algebra. WHat fraction of the st

ikadub [295]

-4.9 thats your answer

4 0

3 years ago

A car-carrier trailer weighs 35,000 pounds when empty. The driver loads 7 cars on the trailer. The cars are identical except for

astraxan [27]

Answer:

Each car weighs 2,265 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that the car carrier weighs 35,000 pounds when empty, that is, without cars, and that loading 7 cars its weight is 50,855 pounds, the difference between both values implies the weight of the 7 cars together, which is determined through the following calculation:

50,855 - 35,000 = X

15.855 = X

Thus, the weight of the 7 cars together is 15,855 pounds. In turn, the weight of each particular car is determined from the following division:

15.855 / 7 = X

2,265 = X

Therefore, each car weighs about 2,265 pounds.

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3 years ago

HI PLEASE HELP BELOW IM REALL IN NEED OF HELP

aalyn [17]

The answer is 3, because the other two sides are 3 and the angle is 60, so the other angles will have to be 60. That means it is an equilateral triangle.

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4 years ago

A homemade dvd of a television series contains 20 episodes. the episodes are 55 minutes each, but contain commercials. if commer

prohojiy [21]

1/5 of 55 is 11, you multiply 11 by 20 and you get 220. Total there is 1100 minutes of tv so then you subtract 220 from 1100 and there is 880 minutes of tv without commercials then you divide that by 60 and you get 14 hours and 20 minutes.

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4 years ago