Shania's Scribepost for December 14, 2009

Question #5 from the texbook.

A right triangle has side lengths of 40mm, 75mm and 85mm.

A) Sketch the triangle. Draw a square on each side of the triangle.

B) What are the areas of the three squares?

e=900mm²

f=5625mm²

g=7225mm²

C)Write an addition staement with the areas of the three squares.
e²+f²=g²

or

30²+40²=50²

or

900+5625=7225