When a diagonal is drawn in a rectangle, what is true of the areas of the two triangles into which it divides the rectangle? They are called?

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asked Sep 25, 2017 57.4k views

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Jpavlov · Answer 1 · 2017-09-27T20:55:38+0000

Answer:

They would be Equal

Explanation:

if we split a rectangle into two triangles it would be the same triangle just flipped!

Jheriko · Answer 2 · 2017-09-29T20:53:34+0000

Each diagonal divides the rectangle into two congruent right triangles. Because the triangles are congruent, they have the same area.