Question

A sail is in form of a right triangle that is four times as high as it is wide. The sail is made from 32 square meters of material. What is its height?

Answer 1

Height: h    Witdth: w

h = 4w

hw/2 = 32 -> hw = 64

So 4w^2 = 64 -> w = 4 ->so h = 16