Question

I don’t understand this it says to find the area of each figure. Round to the nearest hundredth where necessary. Help!

Answer 1

ANSWER:

216 square centimeters.

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

Given:

Height = 16cm

base = 27cm

The area of the triangle is calculated using the following formula:

$\begin{gathered} A=\frac{b\cdot h}{2} \\ \text{ We replacing in this case:} \\ A=\frac{27\cdot16}{2} \\ A=216cm^2 \end{gathered}$

The area of the triangle is 216 square centimeters.