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 #3 #, #2 #, and #5 #, respectively. What is the rectangle's area?
1 Answer
Mar 12, 2016
Explanation:
Consider the diagram
We need to find the length
Where
But, In this case
We find that