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Given the base band height hof a triangle, calculate the area A using the formula for the area of a triangle: A = 1/2 bh Calculate A when b 17 feet and h = 6 feet. what is the answer

User Luny
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The area of the triangle of base (b) and a height (h) is A


A=(1)/(2)\cdot b\cdot h

Given: b = 17 feet and h = 6 feet

So, the area will be :


A=(1)/(2)\cdot17\cdot6=17\cdot3=51ft^2

so, the answer is : the area of the triangle = 51 square feet.

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