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Find the area of the following shape:

Find the area of the following shape:-example-1

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Answer:

60 cm squared

Explanation:

The 13 cm is just to distract you.

The formula for calculating a triangle is (base x height)/2.

The base is 10 cm, and the height is 12 cm.

Then you plug in the numbers.

(10 x 12)/2=60 cm squared.

User Chintan Trivedi
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Answer:

30 cm

Explanation:

the area is 1/2 base x height

so (1/2)x10 x 12

User Karthik Prasad
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