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The sixth-grade art students are making a mosaic using tiles in the shape of right triangles. each tile has leg measures of 5 cm and 6 cm. if there are
150 tiles in the mosaic, what is the area of the mosaic?
a 10 cm2
b 2250 cm 2
c 165 cm2
d 4500 cm2

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Answer:

Below in bold.

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of each triangle = 1/2 * height * base

As it is a right triangle the height is equal to one of its sides, so

Area of 1 triangle = 1/2 * 6 * 5

= 15 cm^2

Area of mosaic = 150 * 15

= 2250cm^2.