Question

A triangle has side lengths $10,$ $10,$ and $12.$ A rectangle has width $4$ and area equal to the area of the triangle. What is the perimeter of this rectangle?

$16$

$24$

$28$

$32$

$36$

Answer: D

Concepts:triangle area Pythagorean Theorem perimeter

Difficulty rating: 1220

Solution:

To find the area of the triangle, we can drop the altitude to the side of length $12.$

Then we have a right triangle with one leg $12 \div 2 = 6$ and hypotenuse $10.$

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

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

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

Thus, D is the correct answer.

2010 AMC 10B Problem 7

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1220

Solution:

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