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Example Questions
Example Question #591 : Geometry
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 : Plane 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 #11 : 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.
Example Question #12 : Triangles
If the base and height of a triangle is one, what is the area?
Write the formula for the area of a triangle.
Substitute the base and height to find the area.
Example Question #13 : Triangles
What is the area of the triangle in the figure?
Because the question asks you to find the AREA of the triangle, you are looking to figure out how much space the triangle covers. You find the area of triangles by multiplying the height of the triangle times the base and dividing by . So , or . Therefore the correct answer is
Example Question #14 : Triangles
The base of a triangle is and the height of the triangle is . What is the area of the triangle?
Write the formula for the area of a triangle.
Substitute the base and height into the formula.
Example Question #15 : Triangles
Find the area of a triangle whose base is 6 and height is 7.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a triangle.
Example Question #16 : Triangles
Find the area of a triangle whose base length is 8 and height is 4.
To find area of a triangle, simply use the formula below:
Example Question #17 : Triangles
Find the area of a triangle whose base is 8 and height is 3.
To solve, simply use the formula for the area of a triangle. Thus,
Example Question #18 : Triangles
Why is this shape NOT a triangle?
Because it is blue
Because it is flat
Because it does have sides
Because it does not have sides
Because it is not a closed shape
Because it does not have sides
A triangle has sides, and this shape has .
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