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An isosceles right-angled triangle is shown.

The area of the triangle is 200 cm?.
Work out the value of x.

An isosceles right-angled triangle is shown. The area of the triangle is 200 cm?. Work-example-1
User RichardC
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Answer:

Explanation:

An isosceles right-angled triangle is shown. The area of the triangle is 200 cm?. Work-example-1
User Fanor
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Answer:


\boxed{x=4}

Explanation:

Area of triangle = 0.5 × Base × Height

→ Substitute in the values

200 = 0.5 × 5x × 5x

→ Simplify

200 = 12.5x²

→ Divide both sides by 12.5

16 = x²

→ Square root both sides

4 = x ∴ x = 4

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