Thread: What is the relationship between area of a rectangle and right triangle?

It says discuss the relationship between the area of a rectangle with dimensions a and b and the area of a right triangle with legs of a and b. Anybody know what the relationship is?

probs sumfin to do with the right angle

area of the rectangle = 2 x area of the triangle

area of rectangle = 2*area of right triangle

The triangles area is half of that or the Rectangle. A rectangle is two triangles if put together the right way.

the area of the rectangle is twice that of the right-angle triangle as the rectangle can be formed by joining two of the right-angled triangles at their hypotenuse

The triangle is possessed by the rectangle.

Area of Rectangle= 2 times area of triangle
in other words...
Are of triangle= 1/2 times area of rectangle

rectangle:
A? = ab
right triangle
A? = ½ab
A?/A? = ab/½ab
A? = 2A?
The area of the rectangle is twice that of the right triangle.

Area of the rt triangle = ½ of the area of the rectangle

The area of the rectangle with sides a and b = ab
And
The area of the triangle with sides a and b = ½ ab

So if the area of the triangle is S and the area of the rectangle is A
Then
S = ½A