SOLUTION: Saina takes a square craft paper and folds it along the diagonal to make a triangle. Now Saina measures the diagonal and finds that its length is 10 cm. What is the area of the

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Question 1123994: Saina takes a square craft paper and folds it along the diagonal to make a triangle. Now Saina measures the diagonal and finds that its length is
10
cm. What is the area of the right triangle formed (in cm2)?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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side length x
2x%5E2=10%5E2
x%5E2=5%2A2%2A5
x=5%2Asqrt%282%29
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AREA of triangle formed
Now x is base and x is height.
%281%2F2%295%2Asqrt%282%295%2Asqrt%282%29
25, square cm.

25%281%2F2.54%29%281%2F2.54%29, square inches