A square is cut in half at a diagonal creating to equal right triangles.each right triangle has an area of 12.5 square units .what is the side length of the square?
1 Answer
Apr 24, 2018
Explanation:
Suppose the square has side
The two triangles are identical. We are given that the area of one triangle is
# A=12.5 * 2 = 25 #
The total area is also that of a square with side
# A =x^2 => x^2 = 25 => x = 5#