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Use the area of the rectangle to find the area of the triangle.

A. The area of the triangle is 18 square feet, because the area of the rectangle is 18 square feet
B. The area of the triangle is 11 square feet, because the area of the rectangle is 22 square feet
C. The area of the triangle is 9 square feet, because the area of the rectangle is 18 square feet
D. The area of the triangle is 9 square feet, because the area of the rectangle is 9 square feet

Use the area of the rectangle to find the area of the triangle. A. The area of the-example-1

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Answer: C

Step-by-step explanation: the rectangle's height is 2 ft and the length is 9 ft so by doing the formula A=bh the area of the rectangle is 18ft squared so that automatically x's out answers B and C. A gets taken out as the area of the triangle cannot be the area of the rectrangle so that leaves C as the answer. assuming the the length of the rectangle is 9 and the width is 2.

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