MIT online lecture: Algebra error?

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Okay so I was watching this lecture.

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathemat...ll-2006/video-lectures/lecture-1-derivatives/

Skip to 41 minutes

He's solving the area for a triangle, and I think he got the answer wrong.

The equation he got was

1/2 times (2x0)(2y0)

Some how he got this equation to = 2

However when I do it, the answer I get is 2x0y0

Because I do this:

1/2 times (2x0)(2y0)

4x0y0/2

which then is the same as 2x0y0
Some how he got 2 though as his answer. Am I missing some piece of information or something? I have no clue how he got the x0 and y0 to cancel out.
 
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The clue lies in the equation of the curve. We have y=1/x, so then what does xy equal?
 

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