Question

i figure is formed by a square and a triangle. total area is 32.5 m. the area of the triangle is 75 m. what is the length of each side of the square?

Answer 1

The length of each side of the square is 5 meters

Explanation:

The correct question is

A figure is formed by a square and a triangle. total area is 32.5 m^2. the area of the triangle is 7.5 m^2. what is the length of each side of the square?

we know that

The total area of the figure is equal to the area of triangle plus the area of square

so

The area of square is equal to the area f the figure minus the area of triangle

Let

A ----area of the square

`A=32.5-7.5=25\ m^2`

Find the length side of the square

Remember that the area of the square is

`A=b^2`

where

b is the length side of the square

substitute

`25=b^2`

square root both sides

`b=5\ m`

therefore

The length of each side of the square is 5 meters