SOLUTION: find the area of a right triangle whose legs measure 5 and 12

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Question 15824: find the area of a right triangle whose legs measure 5 and 12
Answer by tran3209(100) About Me  (Show Source):
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The formula for the area of a triangle is bh/2.
Here we know that the two leg measurements are 5 and 12 units.
So since this is a right triangle, we know that 5 is height and 12 is the base or 12 is the base and 5 is the height.
SA= (5*12)/2
SA= 30 units^2