Question

@nathanff Brian needs to paint a logo made using two right triangles. The dimensions of the logo are shown below. What is the difference between the area of the large triangle and the area of the small triangle?

Two right triangles are attached along their longest side. The smaller triangle has height 6 cm and base 2 cm. The height of the larger triangle is 9 cm and its base is 3 cm.

7.5 cm2
15.0 cm2
19.5 cm2
39.0 cm2

Answer 1

ok i got this give me a sec...

Answer 2

k

Answer 3

ok so let me get this straight... so the "c" of the triangles are the same or wut?

Answer 4

@kathyneedshelpplease

Answer 5

ooh ok that helps... give me a little more time lol

Answer 6

aight its 7.5

Answer 7

what i did is that using the information that you gave me (6 and 2) and (9 and 3) i put them into the equation: bxa/2 and got 6 for the smaller triangles area and 13.5 for the larger one... thus 13.5 - 6 is equal to 7.5.... yea?

Answer 8

do u get it or nah?

Answer 9

my bad thanks for explaining it 2 me.!!!!!! @kathyneedshelpplease