SOLUTION: find the area of a right triangle with hypotenuse length 17cm and one leg length 15 cm

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Question 744012: find the area of a right triangle with hypotenuse length 17cm and one leg length 15 cm
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Use Pythagoras to calculate the measure of the leg of the triangle for which a measurement was not given. Then the base and height of a right triangle are the measures of the two legs. Use the formula for the area of a triangle.

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