Natasha and her two dogs were walking on a perfectly straight road when her two dogs ran away from her in opposite directions.
Her beagle is now \dfrac{25}{4} 4 25 start fraction, 25, divided by, 4, end fraction meters directly to her right, and her labrador is \dfrac{51}{20} 20 51 start fraction, 51, divided by, 20, end fraction meters directly to her left. Which of the following expressions represents how far apart the two dogs are?
It is 1/4 of the area of the larger triangle...basically if you connect the three midpoints of the triangle's sides it creates four identical smaller triangles...
The perimeter is one half of the larger triangle...
