Triangle Tangle Riddle

Which triangle has a bigger area:
1. A triangle with sides measuring 300, 400, and 500.
2. A triangle with sides measuring 300, 400, and 700.

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June 12th, 2015 | Category: Mathematical |  Email This Riddle

3 guesses to Triangle Tangle Riddle

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• Taylor Mali

  June 12, 2015 at 8:22 AM

  The one that is an actual triangle.

• Crabman

  June 12, 2015 at 12:59 PM

  The first one, because the second is not technically a triangle and has an area of 0.

  More: The former is a right angle (90 degree) triangle. As you increase the hypotenuse the angle becomes obtuse and the triangle flattens. At the angle approaches 180 (and the length of the hypontenuse appraoches 700), the area approaches 0. When it is 700 you no longer have a triangle, just a line.

• Dude

  June 14, 2015 at 8:51 AM

  Taylor, you are today’s winner!
  1. A triangle with sides measuring 300, 400, and 500. The other triangle cannot exist!