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Area of a triangle
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Length of one of the two equal sides is
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The equal sides(legs) of a right triangle can be used as the base and height to calculate the area of the triangle.
\Area of an isosceles right triangle
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Substitute the corresponding values in area formula.
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Thus, the area of an isosceles right triangle is
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The area of an isosceles right triangle is
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