Question

A piece of paper is in the shape of a right angled triangle and is cut along a line that is parallel to the hypotenuse, leaving a smaller triangle. There was a 35% reduction in the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle. If the area of the original triangle was 34 square inches before the cut, what is the area (in square inches) of the smaller triangle?

• A. 16.665
• B. 16.565
• C. 15.465
• D. 14.365

Answer 1

The correct option is D 14.365

Option (D) is the correct answer. Check the video for the approach.