The legs of a right triangle are 12 and 16 in long, respectively. What is the area of the triangle?

A. 96 in2
B. 48 in2
C. 56 in2
D. 192 in2
E. 56 in
F. 48 in

Question

The legs of a right triangle are 12 and 16 in long, respectively. What is the area of the triangle?

 		A.	96 in2
 		B.	48 in2
 		C.	56 in2
 		D.	192 in2
 		E.	56 in
 		F.	48 in

dean.shyy · Answer

An area will always produce an answer with units squared. So, you can eliminate the last two choices. Now, the area of the triangle should be based on the Height * Base * 1/2. Based on this, what do you think the area will be if you plug in the numbers?

anonymous · Answer

This should be in mathematics. @Dean.Shyy just because it was asked in the wrong group, doesn't mean you should answer it.