Question

The picture below shows the location of Tim, Kathy, Joe, and Brenda’s houses near a community hall. The shaded triangle has an area of 500 square feet. The road connecting Tim and Brenda’s houses is bisected by the road connecting Joe and Kathy’s houses, as shown below.



What is the length of the road between Joe and Brenda’s houses?

100 ft

50 ft

500 ft

25 ft

Answer 1

figure ?

Answer 2

The two triangles are similar and, ht of triangle is given as 10 ft in the figure

So Area = 1/2 * base * ht

500 = 1/2 * base * 10

base = 100 ft... is the answer..

thas is option 1..

Answer 3

Thanks ! :D

Answer 4

:) WC