SOLUTION: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 17 and a leg of length 11. What is the area of the triangle?

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Question 590301: A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 17 and a leg of length 11. What is the area of the triangle?
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A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 17 and a leg of length 11. What is the area of the triangle?
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Find the length of the 3rd side, call it b
Area = bh/2 = 11b/2