The perimeter of a right triangle is 60 cm and its hypotenuse is 26 cm. What is the area (in cm2) of the triangle?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
We know a triplet = 10, 24, 26
And the perimeter of the triangle = 60 and we can see that the sum of the sides = 10 + 24 + 26 = 60
So,
Base length= 10cm or 24cm
And perpendicular length = 24cm or 10cm
Now area of triangle = \(\frac{1}{2}\) × 10 × 24 = 120 cm2