Find the area of a right-angled triangle whose base is 5 cm and the hy

1.	Find the area of a right-angled triangle whose base is 5 cm and the hypotenuse is 13 cm.Let XYZ be the given triangle with XZ = 13 cm and YZ = 5 cm.By Pythagoras theorem,
Answer» Find the height of triangle using pyth theoramH^2 = P^2 + B^21313 = PP + 55169 - 25 = PPP = 12 cm Area of triangle = 1/2BH = 1/2125 = 30 cm^2

Find the area of a right-angled triangle whose base is 5 cm and the hypotenuse is 13 cm.Let XYZ be the given triangle with XZ = 13 cm and YZ = 5 cm.By Pythagoras theorem,

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Find the height of triangle using pyth theoramH^2 = P^2 + B^213*13 = P*P + 5*5169 - 25 = P*PP = 12 cm

Area of triangle = 1/2*B*H = 1/2*12*5 = 30 cm^2