SOLUTION: how do you find the area of a right triangle with the given leg 8 m and hypotenuse 16 m? round decimal answers to the nearest tenth.

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Question 827969: how do you find the area of a right triangle with the given leg 8 m and hypotenuse 16 m? round decimal answers to the nearest tenth.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The two legs of a right triangle are the base and height, either order.
If x and y are each leg, h is hypotenuse, then x%5E2%2By%5E2=h%5E2.
Your example would become 8%5E2%2By%5E2=16%5E2
y=sqrt%2816%5E2-8%5E2%29
y=sqrt%28192%29

48*4=24*2*4=2*12*2*4=2*2*2*3*2*4
192=2^4**3*2^2
2^3*sqrt(3)=sqrt(192)
y=8%2Asqrt%283%29

Area is highlight%28%281%2F2%29%288%29%288%2Asqrt%283%29%29%29