Recall that the area of a right triangle is one-half of the product of the length of the legs of the right triangle. Therefore:
[tex]\begin{gathered} A=\frac{1}{2}(5ft\times12ft) \\ =\frac{1}{2}(60ft^2)=30ft^2\text{.} \end{gathered}[/tex]
Answer: The area of the given triangle is:
[tex]30ft^2\text{.}[/tex]
