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What is the area of the triangle in this coordinate plane?

A. 17.5
B. 21.0
C. 35.5
D. 49.0

What is the area of the triangle in this coordinate plane? A. 17.5 B. 21.0 C. 35.5 D-example-1

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Area = ½bh

The answer is D. 49.0 units ²
User Gerrard
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The base of the triangle starts horizontally from 0 to 7
b = 7 - 0
b = 7

The height of the triangle start vertically from 1 to 15
h = 15 - 1
h = 14

Calculate the area
a = 1/2 × b × h
a = 1/2 × 7 × 14
a = 1/2 × 98
a = 49

The area of the triangle is 49.0 units²
User Strohtennis
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