Step-by-step explanation: Since the base of the triangle has a length of 8 inches and the height of the triangle has a length of 6 inches, the area of the triangle is 1/2(8)(6) or 1/2(48) which is 24.
Plug known values into the equation for triangle area: [tex]A=\frac{bh}{2}[/tex] and solve.
Another way to think of this is to multiply the base value and height value together (which is how you get area of a rectangle) and divide by two because triangles are essentially rectangles cut in half.
