Re: Area of a triangle with base 5 and height 10
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24 Nov 2022, 15:12
The trick here is to remember the definition of a rectangle: a quadrilateral with 4 right angles and 2 sets of equal sides. Using this definition, it means that a square is a technically a rectangle!
Therefore:
QA = 5(5) = 25
QB = 1/2 (5) 10 = 25
QA = QB
However, the above case is simply the maximum possible area of a rectangle with perimeter of 20. Any other rectangle that can be created given a perimeter of 20 will result in an area less than 25.
For example, consider a rectangle with a length of 6 and a width of 4. Such a rectangle satisfies the condition of having a perimeter of 20 but produces a rectangle with an area of 24.
QA = 4(6) = 24 < 25
QA < QB
As the area of a rectangle given a perimeter of 20 could be both equal to or less than 25, we can conclude that for this problem, Answer Choice D is correct.
Hope this helps!