Question

The Area of Triangle MAP is 36 cm^2. Find the area of Triangle MRT.

Answer 1

Since those triangles are similar we have the following relation:

`(MAP)/(6)=(MRT)/((6+2))`

Since we know the area of MAP, we can solve the equation above for MRT.

`\begin{gathered} (MRT)/(8)=(36)/(6) \\ \Rightarrow MRT=48 \end{gathered}`

Then, we get the result. The area of the triangle MRT is 48cm^2.