Question

Help pls
cant figure it out

Answer 1

7

Step by Step Explanation:

if the area is equal to 49,then the the base x the height should be twice that, since we have to half it. So bxh should be equal to 98. The should be 14 and the base should be 7, multiplied together they get to 98, and the base is half the height. Since 7 is the base it's the shortest leg.

Answer 2

The length of the the shorter leg is 7.

Explanation:

This is pretty simply, just work backwards. We know that the base multiplied by the height is half of the area. So we can say that 48 * 2 = 98.

Well, what two numbers equal 98?

(1 and 98)

(2 and 48)

(7 and 14)

The question says that the height is twice as long as the base. We can assume that 14 is the height as its twice as much as 7, which is the base. Therefore:

48= 1/2 (7)(14)

The length of the the shorter leg is 7.