A triangle has sides of length 8, 15, and 17. What is the area of the triangle?

This is a right-angled triangle because $$8^2 + 15^2 = 64 + 225 = 289 = 17^2$$. The area of a right-angled triangle is $$\frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height}$$.

Ответ: $$60$$