Question

The area of right angles triangle is 50msquare. If one of the legs is 2 m find the length of the other leg.

Answer 1

The formula for the area of a triangle is 1/2bh. In a right triangle, one of the legs is equal to the base, and the other leg is equal to the height.

Therefore, we can set the formula equal to 54.

54=1/2bh

We can also substitute the length of the given leg in for the base measurement.

54=1/2*12h

Now, we solve for h.

108=12h

9=h

As we can see, the length of the other leg of the triangle is 9 m.