Finding the Area of a Right Triangle with Legs Parallel to the Coordinate Axes Find the area of the right triangle ABC. V A= 2 bh 1 90 units2 10 a A 6 4 2 -10-8-6-1 2 4 B B10 20 h 4 -6 B h C -10 Finding the Area of a Right Triangle with Legs Not Parallel to the Coordinate Axes U Find the area of the right triangle JKL. (-2, 10) 10 d=(x2) + (12-14) b=LK = (4-(-2))+(-2-(-5)) =36-9= h=JK (4-(-2))+(-2-(-10)) 10 6 L(-2,-5) b -6 6 K(4-2) 10