Question

Find the area of an isosceles right angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 8 cm

Answer 1

each side is 8/root 2 hence area of trngl is 0.5*64/2=16 sq cm

Answer 2

Answer:

16sq.cm

Step-by-step explanation:

let each equal side be a

then he=√2a = 8

a = 8/√2 =4√2

area = 1/2a square = 1/2(4√2) = 16 sq cm