A rectangle is inscribed in a right triangle with legs of length 3 and 4. Express the area A of the rectangle as a function of x.
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What is x ?
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If x is the height of the rectangle, with base along the leg of length 4, then
A = 4/3 x(3-x)
A = 4/3 x(3-x)