Can You Find The Yellow Area?

Geometry Level 1

If the length of the hypotenuse of the right triangle equals the side length of the square, find the area of the yellow region .


The answer is 150.

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6 solutions

Achille 'Gilles'
Jan 19, 2016

Roberto Gallotta
Jan 10, 2016

Let A be the hypotenuse of the white triangle.

Then A = 1 0 2 + 1 0 2 14.14 A = \sqrt{10^2 + 10^2} ≅ 14.14 .

But A = B , which is the side of the square, so the area of the square is 14.1 4 2 200 14.14^2 ≅ 200 .

The area of the triangle is simply 10 × 10 2 \frac{10 \times 10}{2} .

So finally, the yellow area is 200 50 = 150 200 - 50= \boxed{150} .

Edited for formatting purposes

Ibraheem Akram
Aug 13, 2016

Nick Byrne
Jan 19, 2016

Using Pythagoras X = 1 0 2 + 1 0 2 = 200 = 10 2 X= \sqrt{10^{2}+10^{2}}= \sqrt{200}=10 \sqrt{2}

The area of the square is X 2 = 200 X^{2}= 200

The area of the triangle is 1 2 × b × h = 1 2 × 10 × 10 \frac{1}{2} \times b \times h = \frac{1}{2} \times 10 \times 10

Hence the yellow area is 200 50 = 150 200 -50 = 150

Venkatachalam J
Dec 27, 2016

Relevant wiki: Pythagorean Theorem

Area of triangle=(1/2)bh=(1/2) * 10 * 10=50 square units

x=sqrt(10^2+10^2) using Pythagoras theorem

x=sqrt(200)

Area of square=x*x =sqrt(200) * sqrt(200) =200 square units

Therefore the area of yellow region =Area of square - Area of triangle = 200-50=150 square units

Maher Farag
Jan 19, 2016

Area of squar = X^2 = 200 ------------------(1) Area of trangle = 1/2 × 10 ×10 = 50 -------(2) Area of yellow region = 200 - 50 = 150

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