Question

18. The area of a right triangle is 30 cm². The length

Answer 1

Answer:

12

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of a triangle is calculated with the following formula:

$\frac{1}{2} *b*h$ (b: base, h: height (or legs))

We can use this formula to find the length of the other leg:

30 = $\frac{1}{2} *b*h$ multiply both sides with 2 to get rid of fraction

60 = b*h one of the leg's length is given as 5 so

60 = 5*h divide both sides by 5

12 = h is the length of the missing leg.