SOLUTION: How do you find the area of a triangle with only having the measurments of the hypotenuse and one leg?

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Question 410257: How do you find the area of a triangle with only having the measurments of the hypotenuse and one leg?
Found 2 solutions by armstrkl, rfer:
Answer by armstrkl(28) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, use the pythagorean theorem to find the length of the other leg. Then use the formula A=%281%2F2%29bh with the 2 legs as b and h to find the area.

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
use a^2=c^2/b^2
then take the sqrt a^2 for the other side
now calculate the area