Question 87185: Determine the area of triangle ABC given the following information:
A=12, B=13, C=5
Answer by checkley75(3666)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! KNOWING THAT THIS IS A RIGHT TRIANGLE: WE USE THE QUADRATIC PATHOGOREAN THEROM
PROOF A^2+B^2=C^2, 12^2+5^2=13^2, 144+25-169, 169=169.
NOW WE USE THE AREA FORMULA FOR A RIGHT TRIANGLE A=B/2*H (B IS THE BASE=12), HIS THE HEIGHT=5)
A=12/2*5
A=6*5
A=30
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