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What is the area of triangle below?

What is the area of triangle below?-example-1

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Answer:

24

Explanation:

1. look at the graph window, the y axis goes up by 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, etc), and my answer assume the x axis is the same (it is not pictured)

2. split the triangle into two. the separated spot can be at x=3 because it forms two right triangles (right triangles have 90 degrees)

3. triangle dimensions: the first one is 2 by 4. to find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by width and divide by 2. 2 x 4 = 8, 8 divided by 2 is 4.

4. the second triangle is 4 by 5. 4 x 5 = 20, 20 divided by 2 is 10.

(you divide by 2 because two right triangles can make a square)

5. add the area of the two triangles, 20 plus 4 is . . .

24!

we have our answer :)

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