Discuss the relationship between the area of a rectangle with dimensions a and b and the area of a right triangle with legs of a and b.

What will be an ideal response?


A picture may be used to show that the areas are in a ratio of 2:1

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Solve the problem.Two machines are turned on at 8:00 A.M. If one can produce 65 items each hour and the other can produce 36 items each hour, at what time will they produce a total of 707 items?

A. 4:30 P.M. B. 2:00 P.M. C. 4:00 P.M. D. 3:00 P.M.

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Solve the system by elimination.

A. (9, -6) B. (-7, 10) C. (-6, 9) D. (6, 10)

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Assume that 0 < ? < ?/2. Find an expression for the indicated trigonometric function.Let x = 8 sec ? in . Find cos ?.

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