SOLUTION: the mainsail of a lightning sailboat is a right triangle in which the hypotenuse is called the leech. if a 24 ft tall mainsail has a leech length of 26 ft and if darcon sailcloth c
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Question 1161501: the mainsail of a lightning sailboat is a right triangle in which the hypotenuse is called the leech. if a 24 ft tall mainsail has a leech length of 26 ft and if darcon sailcloth costs $10 per square foot, find the cost of a new mainsail.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a right triangle is one-half the product of the measures of the two legs. Given the measure of the hypotenuse and one leg, the area is:
where 
is the measure of the hypotenuse and 
is the measure of the given leg.
You will need to multiply the answer by 10 to get the cost answer you need.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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