document.write( "Question 880922: find the area of a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 15cm and a leg of 12cm \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #531905 by Fombitz(32388)\"\" \"About 
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Find the other leg using the Pythagorean theorem.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"L%5B1%5D%5E2%2B12%5E2=15%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"L%5B1%5D%5E2%2B144=225\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"L%5B1%5D%5E2=81\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Then the area of a triangle is,
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\n" ); document.write( "\"A=54\"\"cm%5E2\"\r
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