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Yes. The maximum area you can form is when the legs are both 6 cm (i.e. a right isosceles triangle), in which the area is

20\">. Since the area is a continuous function of the lengths at which you bend, you can form a right triangle with area 20 cm^2. \n" ); document.write( "

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