What is the area, in square millimeters, of a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 68 millimeters and a leg of 60 millimeters?
a.
2,040 mm2
c.
1,088 mm2
b.
1,920 mm2
d.
960 mm2

Question

What is the area, in square millimeters, of a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 68 millimeters and a leg of 60 millimeters?
a.
2,040 mm2
c.
1,088 mm2
b.
1,920 mm2
d.
960 mm2

mathstudent55 · Answer

The two legs form the right angle. You can use one leg as the base and the other leg as the height to find the area.
Since you know one leg and the hypotenuse, use the Pythagorean theorem to find the other leg.
Then use the formula for the area of a triangle to find the area.

anonymous · Answer

ok