The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 10: 24: 26 and its perimeter is 300 m. What is its area?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The sides of the triangle indicates that it is a right angled triangle. So, according to the question:
60 x = 300
x = 5 cm
So, the sides are:
10 x 5, 24 x 5 and 26 x 5
50, 120, 130
Thus, the area of the triangle can be calculated as follows:
\(\frac{1}{2 }\) x b x h
\(\frac{ 1}{2 }\) x 50 x 120
3000 m2