JOsh marked off a section of the playground in the shape of a right triangle. if the hypotenuse of the triangular section measures 10 m and one of the legs measures 6 m, what is the area of the section?

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anonymous · Answer

area is $\frac{1}{2}bh$  you do not have the base, only the height, but you can find the base by pythagoras |dw:1336515419522:dw|

anonymous · Answer

or recognize that this is a 3 - 4 - 5 right triangle, only instead of 3 - 4 - 5  you have 
6 - 8 - 10

anonymous · Answer

base is 6, height is 8, and area is up to you now