Saved Bookmarks
| 1. |
A wire of length 96m is bent to form a right angled triangle with hypotenuse 40m find the area of triangle |
|
Answer» ANSWER: TRIANGLE is not possible. Step-by-step explanation: Let BASE of triangle be 'x'. P=56-x H^2=B^2+P^2 40^2=x^2+(56-x)^2 1600=x^2+3136+x^2-112x 2x^2+112x=-1536 2x^2+112x+1536=0 x^2+56x+768=0 x^2+24x+32x+768=0 x(x+24)+32(x+24)=0 (x+24)(x+32)=0 x=-24 or -32 Length can't be negative. |
|