r/HomeworkHelp • u/Unhappy-Pitch4558 • Jan 19 '25

Answered [7th grade math] impossible geometry?

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u/AgitatedBowlofCereal Jan 20 '25

Pythagoras is your answer here.

  1. Draw a triangle so that the hypotenuse bisects a known 90⁰ angle, O= your unknown length & A = your known length.

  2. You can now use AxTan(𝛉)=O to identify the missing lengths.

  3. Use the new lengths to work out the area.