Word problem! Thanks in advance! Any help is appreciated.
An art museum needs to repair a stain glassed window. The window as shown in attached file below, has cracks in both white triangles and both of those needs to be replaced. The two triangles are congruent. What is the area of the glass that needs to be replaced?

Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a square inch.

a.) 21.7 in^2
b.) 10.8 in^2
c.) 37.5 in^2
d.) 32.5 in^2

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Word problem! Thanks in advance! Any help is appreciated.
An art museum needs to repair a stain glassed window. The window as shown in attached file below, has cracks in both white triangles and both of those needs to be replaced. The two triangles are congruent. What is the area of the glass that needs to be replaced?

Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a square inch.

a.) 21.7 in^2
b.) 10.8 in^2
c.) 37.5 in^2
d.) 32.5 in^2

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

What's the value of the top side? 3 inches?

directrix · Answer

Here's my "take" on the problem.
See attachment.

directrix · Answer

@bumblebee3  Do you know the 30-60-90 theorem?