The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 13 cm and one of the legs is 12 cm. Find the area of the triangle.
| December 16, 2020 | education
By the Pythagorean theorem, we find the second leg: 169-144 = 25
The leg is √ 25; equals 5
The area of a right-angled triangle is equal to the half-product of the legs = 12 * 5/2 = 30
Answer: 30
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