SOLUTION: what is the area of a right triangle with a length of 20 units and a hypotenuse of 25units

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Question 815588: what is the area of a right triangle with a length of 20 units and a hypotenuse of 25units
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right triangle with length of 20 units  and a hypotenuse of 25 units 

 h = sqrt%2825%5E2-20%5E2%29+=+15

A = (1/2)bh = %281%2F2%2920%2A15+=+150+square+units