Line segment ON is perpendicular to line segment ML, and PN = 10.



What is the area of triangle MOL?

200 square units
250 square units
300 square units
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Line segment ON is perpendicular to line segment ML and PN 10 What is the area of triangle MOL 200 square units 250 square units 300 square units 500 square uni class=

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300 sq units. hope it will help you!

we know that

Triangle MOL is an isosceles triangle

because

[tex] MO=OL=radius\ of\ circle=25\ units [/tex]

[tex] ON=25\ units [/tex]

[tex] ON=OP+PN\\ 25=OP+10\\ OP=25-10\\ OP=15\ units [/tex]

Find the base MP

Applying the Pythagorean Theorem in the right triangle MPO

[tex] MO^{2} =MP^{2}+PO^{2}\\ MP^{2}=MO^{2}-PO^{2}\\ MP^{2}=25^{2}-15^{2}\\ MP^{2}=400\\ MP=20\ units [/tex]

[tex] ML=2*MP\\ ML=2*20\\ ML=40\ units [/tex]

Find the area of triangle MOL

[tex] A=\frac{1}{2}ML*PO\\ \\ A=\frac{1}{2}*40*15\\ \\ A=300\ unit^{2} [/tex]

therefore

the answer is

the area of triangle MOL is

[tex] 300 [/tex] square units

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