A right triangle ABC is shown below:
A right triangle ABC with height AB labeled 2 units and base BC labeled 5 units is shown.
The area of the triangle above will equal one half of a rectangle that is 5 units long and __ units wide. (Input only whole numbers, such as 8.) (1 point)
AAAaannndd the bot gets it wrong yet again!
area = (1/2) * 2 * 5
which is (1/2) of a 2 by 5 rectangle (so 2 wide)
draw it !!!!
To calculate the area of a right triangle, we can use the formula: A = 1/2 * base * height. In this case, the base is BC, which is labeled as 5 units, and the height is AB, which is labeled as 2 units.
So, to find the area of the triangle, we can substitute the values into the formula: A = 1/2 * 5 * 2.
Now, let's calculate the value of A:
A = 1/2 * 5 * 2
A = 1/2 * 10
A = 5
Therefore, the area of the triangle is 5 square units.
Now, to find the width of the rectangle that has the same area as the triangle, we can use the formula for the area of a rectangle: A = length * width. In this case, the area of the rectangle is 5 square units, and the length of the rectangle is given as 5 units.
We can rearrange the formula to solve for the width:
width = A / length
width = 5 / 5
width = 1
So, the width of the rectangle that is 5 units long and has the same area as the triangle is 1 unit.