Question

A traingular window pane has a base of 30 inches and a height of 24 inches. What is the area of the window pane?

Answer 1

The area of a triangle is

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

where

b = base =30 inches

h = height = 24 iches

$\begin{gathered} \text{area}=\frac{1}{2}\times30\times24 \\ \text{area}=\frac{720}{2} \\ \text{area}=360inches^2 \end{gathered}$