Question

There is a pair of parallel sides in the following shape.

6
5
7
What is the area of the shape?
units?

Answer 1

We are given a triangle with the sides indicated as follows;

`\begin{gathered} \text{base}=15 \\ \text{Vertical height}=18 \end{gathered}`

The area of a triangle is given as;

`\text{Area}=(1)/(2)bh`

With the values given we now have;

`\text{Area}=(1)/(2)*15*18`
`\begin{gathered} \text{Area}=(1)/(2)*270 \\ \text{Area}=135 \end{gathered}`

ANSWER:

The area of the triangle is;

`\text{Area}=135\text{units}^2`

The area is 135 units squared