Question

What is the area of isosceles right triangle of hypotenuse of lenth 6cm?

Answer 1

Answer:

in isosceles right triangle base and height are same ..let them be x

this implies

by using Pythagoras theorem

√2 x = 6

x = 3√2cm

area of right triangle = 1/2 x base x height

= 1/2 x (3√2)²

= 1/2 x 18 = 9 cm²