Question

A triangle has a height of 12 cm and a base of 6 cm. What is the area of the triangle in centimeters squared?

Answer 1

$\text{Area}_{triangle}=36cm^2$

Explanation

the area of a a triangle is given by:

$\text{Area}_{triangle}=\frac{base\cdot height}{2}$

then

Let

base=6 cm

height=12 cm

now, replace

$\begin{gathered} \text{Area}_{triangle}=\frac{base\cdot height}{2} \\ \text{Area}_{triangle}=\frac{6cm\cdot12\text{ cm}}{2} \\ \text{Area}_{triangle}=\frac{72\operatorname{cm}}{2} \\ \text{Area}_{triangle}=36cm^2 \end{gathered}$

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