IN MATH: 1. n. a picture or illustration. EX. The figure was printed in black and red. 2. n. a number. EX. What figure did you get? 3. v. an idiom for to compute, solve, determine, "work out". EX. Can you figure this out?

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defined in 1, 2, 3, above. 4. a shape or silhouette. EX. She has a beautiful figure.

APPLICATION: See list 0.

1. Which geometric figure above depicts an isosceles right triangle?

2. Figure out the area of a 3-4-5 right triangle.

See above definition 3 in FIGURE.

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