What is the area of a triangle whose sides are in the ratio

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:33 am
You can break the large triangle into two different 6-8-10 triangles, each of which has an area of 24. This the combined area is 48.
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by gmatter2012 » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:16 am
Jim@StratusPrep wrote:You can break the large triangle into two different 6-8-10 triangles, each of which has an area of 24. This the combined area is 48.
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