2010 AMC 10B Problem 7

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Concepts:triangle areaPythagorean Theoremperimeter

Difficulty rating: 1220

7.

A triangle has side lengths 10,10, 10,10, and 12.12. A rectangle has width 44 and area equal to the area of the triangle. What is the perimeter of this rectangle?

1616

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3232

3636

Solution:

To find the area of the triangle, we can drop the altitude to the side of length 12.12.

Then we have a right triangle with one leg 12÷2=612 \div 2 = 6 and hypotenuse 10.10.

The other leg has length 10262=64=8. \sqrt{10^2 - 6^2} = \sqrt{64} = 8.

The area of the triangle is then 8122=48. \dfrac{8 \cdot 12}{2} = 48.

The length of the rectangle is then 48÷4=12.48 \div 4 = 12. Its perimeter is 2(4+12)=216=32. 2(4 + 12) = 2 \cdot 16 = 32.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

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