Area of right triangles
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What is the area of the triangle?
units \( ^{2} \)
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Plug the values of a and b into the formula, and calculate the area.

Steps

Step 1 ：Given a right triangle, denote its legs by a and b.

Step 2 ：The formula for the area of a right triangle is \( \frac{1}{2}ab \).

Step 3 ：Plug the values of a and b into the formula, and calculate the area.