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gavmur [86]
3 years ago
13

50 POINTS!!! In rectangle ABCD, AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm, and DE = DF. The area of triangle DEF is one-fourth the area of rectangle

ABCD. What is the length in centimeters of segment EF? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

Mathematics
2 answers:
aalyn [17]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

EF=4\sqrt{3}

Step-by-step explanation:

In rectangle ABCD, AB = 6, BC = 8, and DE = DF.

ΔDEF is one-fourth the area of rectangle ABCD.

We want to determine the length of EF.

First, we can find the area of the rectangle. Since the length AB and width BC measures 6 by 8, the area of the rectangle is:

A_{\text{rect}}=8(6)=48\text{ cm}^2

The area of the triangle is 1/4 of this. Therefore:

\displaystyle A_{\text{tri}}=\frac{1}{4}(48)=12\text{ cm}^2

The area of a triangle is half of its base times its height. The base and height of the triangle is DE and DF. Therefore:

\displaystyle 12=\frac{1}{2}(DE)(DF)

Since DE = DF:

24=DF^2

Thus:

DF=\sqrt{24}=\sqrt{4\cdot 6}=2\sqrt{6}=DE

Since ABCD is a rectangle, ∠D is a right angle. Then by the Pythagorean Theorem:

(DE)^2+(DF)^2=(EF)^2

Therefore:

(2\sqrt6)^2+(2\sqrt6)^2=EF^2

Square:

24+24=EF^2

Add:

EF^2=48

And finally, we can take the square root of both sides:

EF=\sqrt{48}=\sqrt{16\cdot 3}=4\sqrt{3}

Black_prince [1.1K]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

4\sqrt3

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that the area is 6 * 8 = 48 cm^2. because triangle DEF is one fourth of that, triangle DEF's area would be 12.

to find the hypotenuse of triangle DEF, we would first need to find the bases (which have equal lengths). 1/2 * b * b = 12, so b^2 = 24. using the pythagorean theorem, we have \sqrt24 + \sqrt24 = h^2 which means h is the sqrt of 48. simplified, we have 4\sqrt3.

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