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Given hypotenuse of a right angled triangle ABC is 17 cm and its base is 15 cm,what is the area of triangle ABC in cm^2?

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Given hypotenuse of a right angled triangle ABC is 17 cm and its base is 15 cm,what is the area of triangle ABC in cm^2?
posted Dec 7, 2018 by Rajni

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60 cm^2

Using Pythagorean Theorem we find missing side: SQRT(17^2-15^2)=8 cm
The area A=8*15/2=60 cm^2

answer Dec 7, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov



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