Question

30. The area of a right triangle is 153cm?
If one of its leg is 18 cm long, find the
length of the other perpendicular leg.
16 cm
17 cm

14 cm​

Answer 1

Answer:

Given,

Area of triangle=153 cm2

and it's one height=18cm

Then,

We know that,

Area of triangle=1/2*h*b

153cm2 =1/2*18cm*b

153=9*b

b=153cm2/9cm

b=17 cm