SOLUTION: How do you find the area of a triangle with only having the measurments of the hypotenuse and one leg?

Question 410257: How do you find the area of a triangle with only having the measurments of the hypotenuse and one leg?
Found 2 solutions by armstrkl, rfer:
Answer by armstrkl(28) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, use the pythagorean theorem to find the length of the other leg. Then use the formula with the 2 legs as b and h to find the area.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
use a^2=c^2/b^2
then take the sqrt a^2 for the other side
now calculate the area
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