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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the length of AB ? a) 5 b) 20 c) 15 d) 30 please help ! the picture is below

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is it a right triangle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

How is this a right triangle? This has more of an acute angle rather than a right angle.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

not enough information

OpenStudy (anonymous):

given area ABC=30 area AYX=7.5 XY || CB

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

Is the answer of 20 correct?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im actually not sure

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

Let me just tell you how I got it: I wrote a proportion of the length of the sides to the area of th triangles. That makes for the AXY triangle to be 5/7.5=x/30. Solve for x and you get 20.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohh yeah that makes sense lol thankyou :)

OpenStudy (calculusxy):

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