Problem of the Week Day 2: Week of 7/16/12 - 7/20/12

Today is day two of the problem of the week. Good luck!

Easy: Pretend you have a right triangle with sides 18, e, and h with h being the longest side. Determine what h equals.

h =

Hint: Use the Pythagorean Theorem; a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Hard: Pretend you have a right triangle with angles 90, t, and 90-t. You also have a hypotenuse of 1/5√(10t). Determine the area z of this triangle.

z =

Hint: The area formula for a triangle is (base x height)/2