Question

A right triangle ABC is shown below:

A right triangle ABC with height AB labeled 3 units and base BC labeled 5 units is shown.

The area of the triangle above will equal one half of a rectangle that is 5 units long and __ units wide. (Input only whole numbers, such as 8.)

Answer 1

First find the area of the triangle

Answer 2

do you know how to find the missing side?

Answer 3

its 7.5 and you only need to find the base and height to find the area which is 7.5 right?

Answer 4

area = \[1\div2 (bh)\]

Answer 5

And thank you SOOO much for helping me out I have been bumping my question up forever

Answer 6

so 3*5 /2

Answer 7

7.5 correct now, to get the rectangle, multiply by 2

Answer 8

multiply 7.5 by 2 right?

Answer 9

yup

Answer 10

15

Answer 11

now we know area of a rectangle is base times height, so we have the base which is 5 and we know the area is 15 so we can make the equation

15 = 5x (what times 5 = 15)

Answer 12

3

Answer 13

so 3 would be the length for the missing side of the rectangle! Great work!

Answer 14

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Answer 15

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Answer 16

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Answer 17

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Answer 18

and thank you very much for being so smart and cooperative!

Answer 19

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Answer 20

Thankyou! Have a nice day!!!

Answer 21

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