Given:
The sides of a right triangle are 2 cm, 3 cm, and 3.6 cm.
To find:
The area of the right triangle.
Solution:
Area of a triangle is:
In the given triangle 3.6 cm is the largest side, it means 3.6 cm is the length of the hypotenuse. So, 2 cm and 3 cm and the base and height of the triangle.
Now, the area of the given triangle is:
Therefore, the area of the given triangle is 3 square cm.