The sixth grade art students are making a mosaic using tiles in shapes of right triangles. Each tiles has the leg measures of 5.2 cm and 6 cm. If there are 150 tiles in the mosaic, what is the area of the mosaic?

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Given:

Each right triangular tiles has the leg measures of 5.2 cm and 6 cm.

There are 150 tiles in the mosaic.

To find:

The area of the mosaic.

Solution:

We know that, the area of a triangle is:

[tex]A=\dfrac{1}{2}\times Base\times height[/tex]

So, the area of Each right triangular tile is:

[tex]A=\dfrac{1}{2}\times 5.2\times 6[/tex]

[tex]A=\dfrac{1}{2}\times 31.2[/tex]

[tex]A=15.6[/tex]

There are 150 tiles in the mosaic. So, the area of the mosaic is:

[tex]Area=15.6\times 150[/tex]

[tex]Area=2340[/tex]

Therefore, the total area of the mosaic is 2340 cm ².