SOLUTION: one leg of a right triangle is twice as long as the other leg. If the length of the shorter leg is x, which expression represents the area of that triangle?

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Question 971401: one leg of a right triangle is twice as long as the other leg. If the length of the shorter leg is x, which expression represents the area of that triangle?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A = 1/2 * (product of two legs)
= 1/2 * x * 2x

=

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