SOLUTION: Saina takes a square craft paper and folds it along the diagonal to make a triangle. Now Saina measures the diagonal and finds that its length is 10 cm. What is the area of the

Question 1123994: Saina takes a square craft paper and folds it along the diagonal to make a triangle. Now Saina measures the diagonal and finds that its length is
10
cm. What is the area of the right triangle formed (in cm2)?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
side length x

-
AREA of triangle formed
Now x is base and x is height.

, square cm.

, square inches

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