SOLUTION: I need to find the combined surface area of a semicircle and a triangle. The triangle has a hypotenuse of sqrt 5, and a base of 2. It is an isosceles triangle. The semicircle has a

Question 1086988: I need to find the combined surface area of a semicircle and a triangle. The triangle has a hypotenuse of sqrt 5, and a base of 2. It is an isosceles triangle. The semicircle has a radius of sqrt5/2. The answer must be in decimal form, and dimensions are in inches. I have tried multiple times and gotten the wrong answer each time.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This info

    " . . . The triangle has a hypotenuse of sqrt 5, and a base of 2. It is an isosceles triangle . . . "

is SELF-CONTRADICTORY.

In other words, such a triangle DOES NOT EXIST in Geometry.

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