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  • 15-11-2018
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A sail is in the form of a right triangle that is two times as high as it is wide. The sail is made from 4 square meters of material
What is it's height ?

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  • 15-11-2018

Answer:

4 m

Explanation:

If we let h represent the height of the sail, then its width is h/2. The area of the sail is given by ...

... A = (1/2)wh

Filling in the given information, we have

... 4 m² = (1/2)(h/2)h

... 16 m² = h² . . . . . . multiply by 4

... 4 m = h . . . . . . . . take the square root

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