A right triangle has sides A, B, and C. Side A is the hypotenuse and side B is also a side of a rectangle. Sides A, C, and the side of the rectangle adjacent to side B have lengths of $7$ , $2$ , and $15$ , respectively. What is the rectangle's area?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-20T04:50:22

$A=15$

No matter what the shape or the size of the triangle is, the formula for the area of the triangle will work $A=1/2 bh$

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A right triangle has sides A, B, and C. Side A is the hypotenuse and side B is also a side of a rectangle. Sides A, C, and the side of the rectangle adjacent to side B have lengths of 7 7 , 2 2 , and 15 15 , respectively. What is the rectangle's area?