You are given that the two nonhypotenuse sides of a right triangle add up to 10 inches. What is the maximum area of the triangle? Can you generalizethis result?

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You are given that the two nonhypotenuse sides of a right triangle add up to 10 inches. What is the maximum area of the triangle? Can you generalize
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Given: The two non-hypotenuse sides of a right triangle add up to 10 inches.

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To find: The maximum area of a triangle.

We have given that the two non-hypotenuse sides of a right triangle add up to 10 inches.

Let the two non-hypotenuse sides be x and y.

So x+y=10.

y=10-x.

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