Question

A metal brace is constructed in the shape of a right triangle with legs of length 6 cm and 8 cm. Find the area of the metal brace. -))) A) 24 cm2 B) 28 cm? 48 cm2 D) 96 cm? 20

Answer 1

One of the formulas used to find the area of a triangle is:

$A=\frac{b\cdot h}{2}$

Where A is the area, b is the base and h is the height of the triangle.

In our case, as we have a right triangle, one leg can be used as the base and the other can be used as the height of the triangle.

So, if the legs are 6 cm and 8 cm, we have that:

$A=\frac{6\cdot8}{2}=\frac{48}{2}=24\text{ }cm^2$

So the area of the metal brace is 24 cm^2, therefore the answer is A)