The area of a right triangle is 270 m². The height of the right triangle is 15 m. What is the length of the hypotenuse of the ri

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Alenkasestr [34]

3 years ago

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The area of a right triangle is 270 m². The height of the right triangle is 15 m. What is the length of the hypotenuse of the ri

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nikitadnepr [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-24T07:34:32+03:00

nikitadnepr [17]3 years ago

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The area of a triangle is calculated by the expression given as:

Area = bh/2

where b is the base and h is the height.

We calculate as follows:

270 = b (15) / 2
b = 36

<span>hypotenuse = sqrt ( 15^2 + 36^2 ) = 39</span>