Originally Posted by
Nomad123
hey im in year ten and im doing higher maths
well im really stuck with this maths problem
i get to a certian point and then dont really understand what to do
a rectangle with sides
2x -1 and 3x-1
the length of the diagonal is the square root of 5
calculate the area of the triangle
im really stuck itd be great if i could have some help
:confused:
I got to the part of
(2x-1)^2 = (3x-1)^2 = 5
but I couldn't seem to solve it for x
I kept doing it wrng
and I don't no how to move on from there