Quantitative Aptitude Ques 760

Question: The area of a right angled isosceles triangle having hypotenuse $ 16\sqrt{2},cm $ is

Options:

A) $ 144cm^{2} $

B) $ 112cm^{2} $

C) $ 128cm^{2} $

D) $ 110cm^{2} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

  • $ AB=BC, $ $ \angle ABC=90{}^\circ $ Let $ AB=BC=x $ Then, by Pythagoras theorem, $ AB^{2}+BC^{2}=AC^{2} $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ x^{2}+x^{2}={{(16\sqrt{2})}^{2}} $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ 2x^{2}=16^{2}\times 2 $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ x^{2}=16^{2} $
$ \Rightarrow $ $ x=16 $

$ \therefore $ Area of triangle $ =\frac{1}{2}\times AB\times BC $ $ =\frac{1}{2}\times 16\times 16=8\times 16=128cm^{2} $