SOLUTION: if a right triangle has a hypotenuse of 15 and a leg length of 11. what would the area be?

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Question 548205: if a right triangle has a hypotenuse of 15 and a leg length of 11. what would the area be?
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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formulas:
a%5E2%2Bb%5E2=c%5E2
A=%28ab%29%2F2
a=11
b=?
c=15
find b then solve for A
A=area
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11%5E2%2Bb%5E2=15%5E2
121%2Bb%5E2=225
b%5E2=104
sqrt%28b%5E2%29=sqrt%28104%29
b=4sqrt%2826%29
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A=%28%2811%294sqrt%2826%29%29%2F2
A=%2844sqrt%2826%29%29%2F2
A=22sqrt%2826%29
A=112.1784