SOLUTION: What is the area of a triangle having a hypotenuse of 12cm a length of 9cm and a width of 7cm?

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Question 960641: What is the area of a triangle having a hypotenuse of 12cm a length of 9cm and a width of 7cm?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hyptonuse applies only to right triangles.
7-9-12 is not a right triangle.
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Use Heron's Law.

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