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I say answer is A.

csperber,
Statement (2) doesn't really tell us anything besides the fact that hypotenus is 5. So as to your question about knowing special triangle (3, 4, 5) here, well, we can't use it. We're not told any specifics about the triangle. What if the triangle is isosceles? Then the sides are 5/sqrt(2) each. So no, C or B can't be the answer.
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Given in the problem: It is a right triangle.

All right triangles with the same hypotenuses ought to have the same area, no?
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Given in the problem: It is a right triangle.

All right triangles with the same hypotenuses ought to have the same area, no?

Picture this. a 3-4-5 triangle and an isoceles triangle with sides 5/sqrt(2) and hypotnuse 5. These both triangles have the same hyp but different areas (6 and 6.25, respectively) So answer to your question would be no.
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Since hyp. would be larger of angles, 5 sqr(2) cannot be other measurements.

5 sqr(2) = hyp.
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would be isocoleses measurements.
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I agree with wonder_gmat. The answer should be A. What is the official answer?
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vote for A

(2) can be: c=5, a=1, and b=sqrt24



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