document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=499042>Question 499042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello! May you help me with this question?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 10 and one leg is 5 radical 3, then the area if the triangle is...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(A) 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(B) 25 radical 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(C) 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(D) 50 radical 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(E) 12.5 radical 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what i did to try to solve the problem. So according to Pythagorean theorem I did this formula a(squared)+b(squared)= c(squared). Since the hypotenuse is always c and one leg is 5 radical 3, this is what i did a(squared)+ 5 radical 3(squared)= 10(squared). which equals a(squared)+ 15= 100.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this can be simplified to a(squared)=85. so a is the square root of 85. since this is the height, and 5 radical 3 is the base i multiply radical 85 times 5 radical 3. which is 5 radical 255. then i divide this by 2 and get 2.5 radical 255. but this is not one of the choices. May you tell me what you got and how please? :) thank you\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "          By, Nang Tun </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #337315 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=337315\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have to square 5sqrt(3). What you did was square (sqrt3) then multiply by 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By the Pythagorean theorem, a would therefore be\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE a^2 + (5\sqrt{3})^2 = 10^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE a^2 + 75 = 100 \Rightarrow a = 5\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can also find a by noting that this is a 30-60-90 triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of the triangle is 5(5sqrt(3))/2 = 12.5(sqrt3). </SPAN>\n" );
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