A paper is folded to look like a right triangle, with one leg twice as long as the other leg. The area of the triangle is 16 square inches. Draw a triangle that represents this shape on the coordinate plane, placing the right angle at the origin. Each grid line represents 1 inch.

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Ashley Fuller

2 September, 00:05

A paper is folded to look like a right triangle, with one leg twice as long as the other leg. The area of the triangle is 16 square inches. Draw a triangle that represents this shape on the coordinate plane, placing the right angle at the origin. Each grid line represents 1 inch.

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Jamal · Answer 1

Short side is 4, long side is 8.

Math: I made a rectangle with double the area. I took that number and found the multiples. 1x32, 2x16, 4x8. 4 is half of 8, so its the shorter side.