SOLUTION: please look at email of the visual question paper The cuboid shown below is made of solid gold. The gold will be melted down to make solid right triangular gold wedges as

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The cuboid shown below is made of
solid gold.
The gold will be melted down to make
solid right triangular gold wedges as
shown below.
What is the maximum number of gold
wedges that can be made from the
cuboid?
(You can assume there will be no
wastage in the process of making the
wedges).

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The cuboid shown below is made of
solid gold.





The gold will be melted down to make solid right triangular gold wedges as
shown below.
I managed to find missing information:





your base is a triangle with all three sides different length
for calculating the area of a base when you know the lengths of all three sides use Heron’s formula
the area of a where is half the perimeter, or
find









What is the maximum number of gold wedges that can be made from the
cuboid?




=>the maximum number of gold wedges that can be made from the
cuboid is


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