document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=962954>Question 962954</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the area of a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 11 cm and a leg of 4 cm. round to the nearest hundredth of a square centimeter </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #588330 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=588330\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Area of the triangle: (b*h)/2 (base times height divided by 2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We need to find the height, which is the missing leg. Using Pythagoras:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%2811%5E2-+4%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%2811%5E2-+4%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= height<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28121-16%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28121-16%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 10.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now let's go back to the formula for the area:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4*10.25)/2 = 20.5cm^2 is the area of your triangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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