SOLUTION: The area of a right triangle is 500 square feet. A second right triangle has a base that is 4 times as long as the first triangle’s base and a height that is 10 times as long as th
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Question 274644: The area of a right triangle is 500 square feet. A second right triangle has a base that is 4 times as long as the first triangle’s base and a height that is 10 times as long as the first triangle’s height.
What is the area of the second triangle?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.5ab=500
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.5*10a*4b
=.5*40ab Area of the 2nd triangle is 40 times greater than the 1st.
40*500=20,000 sq ft
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Ed
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