Question

a right triangle ABC is shown below the area of the triangle above will equal 1/2 of the rectangle that is 5 units long and underscore units wide

Answer 1

for the ahe area of triangle

Height of the triangle = 2 units, base= 5 unit

Area of triangle =1/2 Breadth x height

Susbtitute the value and simplify:

`\begin{gathered} \text{ area of triangle=}(1)/(2)*2*5 \\ \text{ area of triangle= }5\text{ units} \end{gathered}`

Answer =5 units