How do I calculate the area of a right triangle?

The area of an ordinary triangle is equal to half the product of the leg times the height. And in a right-angled triangle, one of the legs is the height, which means the area is equal to: half of the product of two legs.

Let us represent it in the form of an alphabetic expression, where S is the area, a is one leg, b is the second leg and it is also the height.

We get the expression: S = 1/2 (a * b).

Answer: S = 1/2 (a * b).



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