SOLUTION: if you know that two legs of a right triangle are 10 and 11 units long what is the triangle's area

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Question 220697: if you know that two legs of a right triangle are 10 and 11 units long what is the triangle's area
Answer by jojo14344(1512) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Let's make the given units as base and height:
drawing%28300%2C300%2C-2%2C12%2C-1%2C12%2Cgraph%28300%2C300%2C-2%2C12%2C-1%2C12%29%2Cblue%28line%2810%2C0%2C0%2C0%29%29%2Cblue%28line%280%2C0%2C0%2C11%29%29%2Cblue%28line%280%2C11%2C10%2C0%29%29%2Cgreen%28line%280%2C.8%2C.8%2C.8%29%29%2Cgreen%28line%28.8%2C.8%2C.8%2C0%29%29%2Cgreen%28locate%282%2C1%2Cbase=10units%29%29%2Cgreen%28locate%28.2%2C7.5%2Cheight%29%29%2Cgreen%28locate%28.2%2C7%2C11units%29%29%29

We know, A%5BT%5D=%281%2F2%29%28base%29%28height%29=%281%2F2%29%2810%29%2811%29=%281%2F2%29%28110%29
highlight%28A%5BT%5D=55%29square units, Answer

Thank you,
Jojo