find the area of a right angled triangle the radius of whose circumcircle measure 8 cm and the altitude drawn to the hypotenuse measures 6 cm.
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Area of triangle = 1/2 × b × h
Base (b) = 8 × 2 = 16 cm ( Reason : Radius is half of hypotenuse so hypotenuse is double the radius of circumcircle.)
Height = Altitude = 6 cm
So, Putting the values ..
Area of triangle = 1/2 × 16 × 6
= 96/2 = 48 cm^2.
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