Question

5. A sketch of a rectangular garden

plot is shown. The triangular
section will be for flowers, and the
rest will be for vegetables. What is
the area of the vegetable garden,
in sq units?
87
145
A 22,272
B
12,180
140
24,795
D17,226

Answer 1

Explanation:

Need to find the other leg of the right triangle using pythagorean theorem

145^2 = 87^2 + x ^2

x= 116 u

SO the veg garden is a trapezoid with bases 140 and (116+ 140 = 256) and height 87 units

area = height + (base 1 + base 2) /2 = 87 * ( 140 + 256) /2 = 17 226 units^2