Find the area of a right-angled triangle whose perimeter is 84 and the hypotenuse is 27.
Let’s denote by x and at the leg of this right-angled triangle.
According to the condition of the problem, the hypotenuse of this right-angled triangle is 27, and the perimeter of this triangle is 84, therefore, the following relation holds:
x + y + 27 = 84,
whence follows:
x + y = 84 – 27 = 57.
Let’s square both sides of the resulting ratio:
(x + y) ^ 2 = 57 ^ 2;
x ^ 2 + 2xy + y ^ 2 = 3249;
x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 + 2xy = 3249.
Applying the Pythagorean theorem, we get:
x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 = 27 ^ 2.
Substituting this relation into the relation x ^ 2 + y ^ 2 + 2xy = 3249, we obtain:
27 ^ 2 + 2xy = 3249;
729 + 2xy = 3249;
2xy = 3249 – 729;
2xy = 2520;
2xy / 4 = 2520/4;
xy / 2 = 630.
Since the area of any right-angled triangle is half the product of its legs, the area of this right-angled triangle is 630.
Answer: 630.