Question

There is a pair of parallel sides in the following shape.
6
5
7
What is the area of the shape?
units?

Answer 1

We are given a triangle with the sides indicated as follows;

$\begin{gathered} \text{base}=15 \\ \text{Vertical height}=18 \end{gathered}$

The area of a triangle is given as;

$\text{Area}=\frac{1}{2}bh$

With the values given we now have;

$\text{Area}=\frac{1}{2}\times15\times18$$\begin{gathered} \text{Area}=\frac{1}{2}\times270 \\ \text{Area}=135 \end{gathered}$

ANSWER:

The area of the triangle is;

$\text{Area}=135\text{units}^2$

The area is 135 units squared