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15 points!!!kinda rusty with triangles. scratch that. really rusty.​

Accepted Solution

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Consider the attached figure. The height CD cuts the triangle exactly in half. This means that[tex]\overline{AD}=\overline{BD}=\dfrac{1}{2}\overline{AB}=10[/tex]Moreover, since CD is the height of the triangle, we know that ACD is a right triangle. We know the hypothenuse AC to be 20 feet because it is a side of the triangle, and we just found out that AD is 10. We can use the pythagorean theorem to deduce[tex]\overline{CD}=\sqrt{\overline{AC}^2-\overline{AD}^2}=\sqrt{400-100}=\sqrt{300}[/tex]So, the area is[tex]A=\dfrac{bh}{2}=\dfrac{\overline{AB}\cdot\overline{CD}}{2} = \dfrac{20\cdot\sqrt{300}}{2}=10\sqrt{300}\approx 173[/tex]