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Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
isoscles right triangle
let one leg be x
other leg is also x
By Pythagoras theorem

2x^2=4
x^2=2
The positive root
Area of right triangle = 1/2 * leg1 * leg2

Area = 1 sq. unit

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