What is area of isosceles right triangle?

A right triangle with the two legs (and their corresponding angles) equal. An isosceles right triangle therefore has angles of

Polyforms made up of isosceles right triangles are called polyaboloes.

The inradius and circumradius

Triangle line picking for points in an isosceles right triangle with edge lengths

An isosceles right triangle has a hypotenuse of 

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In order to calculate the triangle's area, we need to find the lengths of its legs.  An isosceles triangle is a special triangle due to the values of its angles. These triangles are referred to as 

Now we can calculate the area using the formula

Now, convert to feet.

The base of a right isosceles triangle is 8 inches.  The hypotenuse is not the base.  What is the area of the triangle in inches?

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To find the area of a triangle, multiply the base by the height, then divide by 2.  Since the short legs of an isosceles triangle are the same length, we need to know only one to know the other.  Since, a short side serves as the base of the triangle, the other short side tells us the height.

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