A right triangle has sides 6 cm and 17 cm. What is its area?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-31T12:45:07

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The formula for the area of a triangle is:

#A = (h * b)/2#

Where, for a right triangle:

#A# is the Area of the Triangle: what we are solving for in this problem.

#h# is the height of the triangle, or one of the sides of a right triangle: #6"cm"# for this problem.

#b# is the base of the triangle, or one of the sides of a right triangle: #17"cm"# for this problem.

Substituting and calculating #A# gives:

#A = (6"cm" * 17"cm")/2#

#A = (102"cm"^2)/2#

#A = 51"cm"^2#