Question

The expression 1/2 bh gives the area of a triangle where b is the base of the triangle and h is the height of the triangle. What is the area of a triangle with a base of 7 cm and a height of 4 cm?

Answer 1

The area of a triangle is 14 cm square.

Explanation:

Given : The expression gives the area of a triangle where b is the base of the triangle and h is the height of the triangle.

To find : What is the area of a triangle with a base of 7 cm and a height of 4 cm?

Solution :

The area of triangle is

Where,b is the base b=7 cm

and h is the height h=4 cm.

Substitute in the expression,

Therefore, The area of a triangle is 14 cm square.