A right-angled triangle has hypotenuse cm and one other side cm. What is its area?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

  1. Step 1: Pythagoras: the third side is cm.
  2. Step 2: Area .
Answer
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Why not the others: : halves the product of the hypotenuse and the short side. : forgets the factor . : halves the area again.

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