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What is the area of the triangle formed from (0,-1), (0.4), and (4,-1)?

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Answer:

10 squared units

Explanation:

This triangle is pretty easy since it creates a right triangle. So the base length and height length are pretty easy to identify.

The area of a triangle is .5*base*height.

The base length after drawing the points is a horizontal so just count it or do 4-0=4.

The height length after drawing the points is a vertical so just count it or do 4-(-1)=4+1=5.

So the area of the triangle is .5*4*5=.5(20)=10 units squared.

Now if you didn't fill like drawing it and you knew how to find the determinant.

You just compute

.5 times det| 0 -1 1 |

| 0 4 1 |

| 4 -1 1 |

.5[ 0 det| 4 1 | - -1 det| 0 1 | + 1 det | 0 4 | ]

| -1 1 | | 4 1 | | 4 -1 |

.5[ 0 - -1(0-4) + 1(0-16)]

.5[ 0 -4 -16]

.5[-20]

-10

And if you get a negative just take the absolute value of it giving you 10.

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