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What is the area of this shape?

What is the area of this shape?-example-1

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A triangle’s area is (b * h)/2

The base in this case is: 8 + 8 = 16

The height is: 5

Use the equation:

(16 * 5)/2 = 80/2 = 40 cm squared

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