Question

The children's reading room of a library is shaped like a triangle. Two perpendicular sides of the room measure 12 feet and 17 feet. What's the area of the room?

a.29 squared feet

b.102 squared feet

c.120 squared feet

d.204 squared feet

Answer 1

Answer: B 102

Step-by-step explanation: The perpendicular sides of the room tells us that it is a right triangle.

To find our the area of the triangle you use the formula
`(base*height)/(2)`base*height/2

We plug in 12feet and 17 feet for the base and height

We get
`(12*17)/(2)`

12 and 2 cancel out so our new equation is 6*17 squared feet

So our answer is 102 square feet