A right triangle has an area of 24 ft. If one leg is 3 times as long as the other, what is the length of the longest side?

Answer 1

Draw and label a diagram

24 = (0.5)(3x²)

48 = 3x²

16 = x²

4 = x -4 is discarded in Geometry

Use Pythagoras to determine long side (the hypotenuse).