Find the area of a right triangle that has one leg with a length of 8 centimeters and a hypotenuse length of 17 centimeters.

Question

Jaylen Fleming

Mathematics

4 December, 05:00

Find the area of a right triangle that has one leg with a length of 8 centimeters and a hypotenuse length of 17 centimeters.

+5

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Anvil · Answer 1

Since is a right triangle use the Pythagorean theorem to find the missing length in the triangle

17² = 8² + x²

x²=17² - 8²

x² = 289-64=225

x=√225=15

Area of the triangle is 8·15/2=60 cm²