Question

What is the area of the triangle below (in square units)?
2 mm
14 mm

Answer 1

A = 14 mm²

Explanation:

The area (A) of a triangle is calculated as

A =
`(1)/(2)` bh ( b is the base and h the height )

Here b = 14 and h = 2 , then

A =
`(1)/(2)` × 14 × 2 = 7 × 2 = 14 mm²