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What is the area of ∆ XYZ in terms of h?

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by BTGmoderatorLU » Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:54 pm

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In triangle XYZ above, the length of XZ is 6/7 of the length of altitude h. What is the area of ∆ XYZ in terms of h?


$$A.\ \frac{h^{2}}{3}$$
$$B.\ \frac{3h^{2}}{7}$$
$$C.\ \frac{3h}{7}$$
$$D.\ \frac{6h^{2}}{7}$$
$$E.\ \frac{12h^{2}}{7}$$

The OA is B.

We know that the area of a triangle is given by
$$A=\frac{1}{2}\cdot b\cdot h$$
In this case
$$b=XZ=\frac{6}{7}\cdot h$$
Then the area of the triangle XYZ in terms of h will be
$$A=\frac{1}{2}\cdot\frac{6}{7}\cdot h\cdot h\ =\frac{3h^2}{7}$$
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by Jeff@TargetTestPrep » Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:44 pm
BTGmoderatorLU wrote:Image

In triangle XYZ above, the length of XZ is 6/7 of the length of altitude h. What is the area of ∆ XYZ in terms of h?


$$A.\ \frac{h^{2}}{3}$$
$$B.\ \frac{3h^{2}}{7}$$
$$C.\ \frac{3h}{7}$$
$$D.\ \frac{6h^{2}}{7}$$
$$E.\ \frac{12h^{2}}{7}$$
We can create the following equation:

XZ = base = (6/7)h

So, the area of the triangle is [(6/7)h x h]/2 = (6h^2/7)/2 = 6h^2/14 = 3h^2/7.

Answer: B

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