One leg of a right isosceles triangle is 8 feet.What is the area of the triangle? 18,20,32,36

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anonymous · Answer

Need someones help please

anonymous · Answer

first of all , I understand that "leg of a right isosceles triangle" means one of the equal sides

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OK

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Whats next

anonymous · Answer

well you must identify the base and the height

anonymous · Answer

Oh my am not very good with these kind of word problems

anonymous · Answer

the formula for the area is     A =  (base x the height) / 2

anonymous · Answer

In this case base and the height are the same  I mean   "a"

anonymous · Answer

so you must replace this value in the formula and calculate

anonymous · Answer

Sorry still don't get it

anonymous · Answer

well in this case we have       base = a = 8
                                          height = a = 8

 so   A =  (base x the height) / 2

       A =  ( a   x    a)  /  2   =      ( 8  x  8 ) /  2

anonymous · Answer

One of these numbers is the answer:18,20,32,36

anonymous · Answer

Yes, it would be good you  get the answer...

anonymous · Answer

just calculate

anonymous · Answer

I say 32

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excellent

anonymous · Answer

every triangle has the same formula to calculate its area...

anonymous · Answer

So 32 was right

anonymous · Answer

yeah        It was a pleasure to help you

anonymous · Answer

Thank you