A right triangle has sides A, B, and C. Side A is the hypotenuse and side B is also a side of a rectangle. Sides A, C, and the side of the rectangle adjacent to side B have lengths of #11 #, #8 #, and #14 #, respectively. What is the rectangle's area?
1 Answer
Jul 3, 2017
Explanation:
#"the area of the rectangle "= color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(14B)color(white)(2/2)|)))#
#"to calculate B use "color(blue)"Pythagoras' theorem"#
#B^2=A^2-C^2#
#rArrB=sqrt(11^2-8^2)=sqrt57#
#rArr"area of rectangle "=14xxsqrt57~~105.70" square units"#
