Question

In the adjoining figure, ABC is a right angled triangle at A and
perpendicular to BC. If BC = 17 cm and AC = 15 cm,
find: (1) the area of AABC (ii) the length of altitude AD.

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Answer 1

Answer:

a=8, b=15, c=17

length of altitude s=(a+b+c)/2

area is root (s (s-a)(s-b)(s-c))