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What is the area of the triangle?

What is the area of the triangle?-example-1
User Badigard
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Answer:


10\:\mathrm{units^2}

Explanation:

The area of a triangle can be given as
(1)/(2)\cdot b \cdot h. Notice that a base of the triangle is given as 4 units, and the height is marked as 5 units. We know that the segment marked as 5 units is the height of the triangle because it forms a
90^(\circ) with the segment marked as 4 units and meets a vertex of the triangle.

Therefore, the area of the triangle is:


(1)/(2)\cdot 4 \cdot 5 = \fbox{$10$}.

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