The entire rectangle below has an area of 28 ft'.
Find the area of the shaded triangle.
Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.

step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus

(53.5 - 18.4) m.

step-by-step explanation:

after undergoing a displacement of 18.4m, the initial position was (53.5 - 18.4) m if an object has a final position of 53.5.