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 #15 #, #8 #, and #7 #, respectively. What is the rectangle's area?
2 Answers
Area of the rectangle
Explanation:
We can compute for side
because by Pythagorean Theorem
Compute now for the area of the rectangle
Let
Area
Area
Area
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Explanation:
Consider the diagram
Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of
Where
A little confusion! yeah
Remember like this
The square of Hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other two sides
Now we need to find the area of the rectangle
Area of rectangle
Where