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Defining a triangle. (Posted on 2021-03-06)

The area of a triangle ABC is 5cm².
AB=2cm and BC=5cm.

How much is AC?

No calculators, please..

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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Area is 1/2 × base x height = 5. Assume for a moment the base is 5 and the height is 2, and it fits the problem. Therfore the triangle is a right triangle and the third side is SQRT(29).

Posted by Kenny M on 2021-03-06 09:02:24

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