Question

Jordan is cutting a 2 meter by 1 1/4 meter piece of rectangular paper into two pieces along its diagonal. what is the area of each of the pieces?

Answer 1

Answer: area = 1/2 * b * h=

1/2 * 2 * 1 1/4 = 1 1/4 square meters each

Answer 2

area = 1/2 * b * h=

1/2 * 2 * 1 1/4 = 1 1/4 square meters each