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Example Question #1 : Triangles
The square shown above has a side length of 3 and is divided into two triangles by its diagonal. What is the area of one of the triangles?
The area of the square is side times side, .
Each triangle is half of the square, .
Example Question #594 : Plane Geometry
What is the area of the triangle?
The formula to find the area of a triangle is
First, we should multiply (base)
(height), to get a total of
.
Next, we need to divide by
, which gives us a total area of
.
Example Question #5 : How To Find The Area Of A Triangle
An isosceles triangle has a base of 12 cm and a height of 6 cm. What is the area of the triangle?
To find the area of a triangle, you must multiply by the base (12 cm) by the height (6 cm):
Therefore the area of this triangle is .
Example Question #2 : Triangles
A triangle has a base of 14 and a height of 8. What is the area of the triangle?
To find the area of a triangle, multiply the base (14) by the height (8) and divide by 2:
Therefore the area of this triangle is .
Example Question #3 : Triangles
What is the area of the triangle?
24
30
60
48
28
24
The formula to find the area of a triangle is .
Example Question #4 : Triangles
If a triangle has a base of 3 inches and a height of 8 inches, what is the area of the triangle?
The formula for the area of a triangle is .
Plug in the values given to solve the equation:
Example Question #5 : Triangles
A triangle has a base of 10 centimeters and a height of 12 centimeters. What is the area of the triangle?
The formula for the area of a triangle is .
Plug in the given values to solve for the area:
=
=
The area of this triangle is .
Example Question #11 : Triangles
What is the area of a right triangle with a base of length 4 and a height that is 3 times longer than the base?
The area of a triangle is given by the formula , where
is the length of the base and
is the height.
First let's figure out the height. The base is 4, and the height is 3 times greater than the base:
Now plug the base and height into the area formula:
The area of the triangle is 24.
Example Question #601 : Geometry
A triangle has base of length units and a height of length
units. What is the area of this triangle?
units squared
units squared
units squared
units squared
units squared
units squared
To calculate the area of a triangle, you use the formula , where
is the length of the base of the triangle and
is the height of the triangle. For this triangle, we need to solve the equation
to find its area.
and
, so the triangle's area is
units squared.
Example Question #12 : Triangles
The base of a triangle is , and the height is
. What is the area of the triangle?
Write the formula for area of a triangle. Substitute the dimensions.
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