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 Dacron� sailclo

Question 949509: 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
Dacron� sailcloth costs $10 per square foot, find the
cost of a new mainsail.

Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c=leech=25 ft; a=height=24 ft; b=base

find square root of each side.

b=10 ft Base is 10 feet.
Area=1/2ba=1/2(10 feet)(24 feet)=120 sq ft The area of the sail is 120 sq ft.
120 sq ft($10/sq ft)=$1200 ANSWER: The cost of the sail is $1200.

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