We can first find the slope of the hypothesis. Using y1 - y2 / x1 - x2, we can see that 2 - 6 / -6 - (-2) is -4 / -4, or 1. For the bottom point, we can subtract one to x and y twice, which gives us (-8,0). For the top point, we can add one to x and y twice, which gives us (0, 8). We now know the length of each side is 8. 8 * 8 / 2 is 64 / 2, or 32. Therefore, the answer to this question is 32.