SOLUTION: what is the area of the largest triangle you can cut froma square cardboard with a side of 30 cm?

SOLUTION: what is the area of the largest triangle you can cut froma square cardboard with a side of 30 cm?

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Question 847495: what is the area of the largest triangle you can cut froma square cardboard with a side of 30 cm?
Answer by swincher4391(1107) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The largest triangle is one cut on the diagonal.
The area of the whole square is 30^2 = 900 cm^2.
The area of the triangle is half of that. 450 cm^2
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