Question

A triangular sail on a sailboat is 6meter across the bottom and 10 meters tall.

What is the area of this sail?

Answer 1

A=30m^2

Explanation:

area of a triangle equals Length*Height divided by 2

length equals 6 height equals 10

6*10=60 60/2=30 A=30m^2

Answer 2

30m^2

Explanation:

Formula for the area of a triangle is b * h / 2.

Plug in the values for each variable.

6 * 10 / 2 = 30.