the lengths of the sides of a triangle are 6,8, and 10. the area of this triangle is

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anonymous · Answer

area of triangle = base by height divided by 2

anonymous · Answer

can you sketch the triangle @EXOEXOEXO ?

jdoe0001 · Answer

is this a right-triangle?    got pic?

exoexoexo · Answer

this is the only information i was given

jdoe0001 · Answer

ok... so what section in the chapter is this meant to cover?

jdoe0001 · Answer

besides "areas" or triangles

geerky42 · Answer

HINT: $6^2+8^2 = 10^2$

exoexoexo · Answer

this is from a work sheet @jdoe0001

jdoe0001 · Answer

@EXOEXOEXO     notice geerky42 's hint

can you make anything out of it?    recall the pythagorean theorem

exoexoexo · Answer

i mean work book

exoexoexo · Answer

i didn't learn pythagorean theorem

jdoe0001 · Answer

well... based on the 6,8 and 10 lengths, seems implied
thus you may want to cover that first then

jdoe0001 · Answer

thus this exercise may not apply to you then

exoexoexo · Answer

but it is my homework lol