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Grade 6ChallengeArea of Triangles

Area of Triangles · Challenge problem

A right triangle has two legs (the sides that meet at the right angle) whose lengths are whole numbers of centimeters, and its area is 2424 square centimeters. How many different such triangles are there? (A triangle with legs 33 and 1616 is the same as one with legs 1616 and 33.)