Question

A sail is in the form of a right triangle that is three times as high as it is wide. The snail is made from 6 square meters of material. What is it’s height?

Answer 1

Explanation:

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Please refer the diagram I have attached.

Suppose the base of right triangle sail is b

Suppose the height of right triangle sail is h

It is given that, it is three times higher as it is wide.

`h=3b`

Area of right triangle is A =
`(1)/(2)*b*h`

`6=(1)/(2)*b*h`

Plugging the value of h in terms of b

`6=(1)/(2)*b*(3b)`

`b^2=4`

`b=2`

Hence height h =
`3*2 = 6`

Hecne the height of sail is 6 meters. : Answer

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