High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
10. If the height of a triangle is decreased by 40%
and its base is increased by 40%, what will be
the percentage change in its area?
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let x be the base and y be the height of the triangle.
area of triangle : 1/2xy = 0.5xy
height is decreased by 40% = 60y/100
base is increased by 40% = 140x/100
new area : 1/2 * 140x/100 * 60y/100 = 42 xy/100 = 0.42xy
change in area : 0.5 xy - 0.42xy/0.5xy * 100
= 0.08xy /0.5xy * 100 = 16%
thus the percentage change in its area would be 16%
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