Homework Help: geometry

Posted by Sam on Monday, November 7, 2011 at 3:17pm.

One right triangle has legs 18cm and 14cm. Another right trangle has legs 14cm and 24 cm. What is the ratio of the areas of these two triangles?

geometry - Henry, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 4:13pm
A!/A2 = (a1*b1) / (a2*b2),
A1/A2 = (18*14) / (14*24) = 0.75.

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