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# In the figure above, the area of ABC is 35. What is the

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In the figure above, the area of ABC is 35. What is the [#permalink]  08 Oct 2017, 00:46
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In the figure above, the area of $$\triangle$$ ABC is 35. What is the length of DC?

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Re: In the figure above, the area of ABC is 35. What is the [#permalink]  09 Oct 2017, 01:50
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In the figure above, the area of $$\triangle$$ ABC is 35. What is the length of DC?

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Given
$$\triangle$$ ABC = 35

I.e $$\frac{1}{2} * BC * 7 = 35$$

or BC = 10

Now in $$\triangle$$ BCD,

$$DC^2= \sqrt{(10^2 - 6^2)}$$ = 64

or DC = 8
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Re: In the figure above, the area of ABC is 35. What is the [#permalink]  09 Oct 2017, 07:28
Another way to solve it is to notice that one leg of BCD is 6 and the hypotenuse is 10, and given that the triangle is a right triangle, we can use the Pitagorean triplet 3:4:5, where each of the sides is doubled. Indeed, in this case we would have 6:x:10 and x = 8.
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