A right triangle has the following vertices Find the area of the triangle (7,-3) (4,-3) (4,9)
20 pnts

Area = 18 square units

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the area of the triangle, let's go through the following steps:

(i) Let the vertices be;

A = (7, -3)

B = (4, -3)

C = (4, 9)

(ii) The sides of the triangle are therefore,

AB, BC and CA

(iii) Using the distance formula, calculate the lengths of AB, BC and CA

(iv) Now that we have all the sides, let's calculate the area of the triangle using the Heron's formula.

Area =

Where;

p =

a, b and c are the sides of the triangle.

In our case,

let

a = AB = 3

b = BC = 12

c = CA = 12.4

∴ p =

p = 13.7

Area =

Area =

Area =  

Area =  

Area  = 17.999

Area = 18 square units

OR

To get the area of the triangle, we can use a much simpler approach.

Since the triangle is a right triangle,

(i) the hypotenuse, which is the longest side is CA = 12.4

(ii) the other two sides are AB and BC. These two sides will form the right angle.

Therefore, we can use the relation:

Area = x base x height

Where;

the base or height can either be AB or BC

Area = x 3 x 12

Area = 18 square units

PS: In a right triangle, the other two sides apart from the hypotenuse form the right angle.

21

step-by-step explanation:

part a

answer: a reasonable domain is where n is a real number. so n can be between 0 and 10. both endpoints are included.

work shown:

n is the number of days after the experiment starts. the smallest n can be is n = 0 which means that 0 days have gone by, and we're at the start. to find out how large n should be, then replace f(n) with 16.13 and solve for n. use logarithms to isolate the exponent.

f(n) = 12*(1.03)^n

16.13 = 12*(1.03)^n

16.13/12 = (1.03)^n

1.34416666666667 = (1.03)^n

(1.03)^n = 1.34416666666667

log[ (1.03)^n ] = log[ 1.34416666666667 ]

n*log[ 1.03 ] = log[ 1.34416666666667 ]

n = log[ 1.34416666666667 ]/log[ 1.03 ]

n = 10.0062999823929

this rounds to n = 10 which is fairly close but not 100% perfect. so this is the largest n can be.

note: if you plug n = 10 into f(n), you'll get roughly 16.127 which rounds to 16.13 (this comes up again in part c)

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part b

answer: the y intercept is 12. it represents the starting height of the plant in cm.

work shown:

plug n = 0 into the f(n) function. simplify

f(n) = 12*(1.03)^n

f(0) = 12*(1.03)^0

f(0) = 12*(1)

f(0) = 12

on day n = 0, aka the starting point, the height f(n) is 12 cm

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part c

answer: the average rate of change is approximately 0.43061036458991 (round however you need to). this represents the average growth rate from day n = 3 to day n = 10. so the plant grew roughly 0.43 cm per day during this timespan, assuming you round to 2 decimal places.

work shown:

compute f(3)

f(n) = 12*(1.03)^n

f(3) = 12*(1.03)^3

f(3) = 13.112724 < we'll use this later

compute f(10)

f(n) = 12*(1.03)^n

f(10) = 12*(1.03)^10

f(10) = 16.1269965521294 < we'll use this later

now use the formula below with a = 3 and b = 10

aroc = average rate of change

aroc = [ f(b) - f(a) ]/[ b - a ]

aroc = [ f(10) - f(3) ]/[ 10 - 3 ]

aroc = (16.1269965521294 - 13.112724)/(10 - 3)

aroc = 3.0142725521294/7

aroc = 0.43061036458991

round this however you need to

note: the plant grew approximately 3.01 cm over 7 days, so roughly 0.43 cm per day is the average growth rate (if you were to round to 2 decimal places).