Question

Use the figure to answer the question.
What is the area of the triangle on the left?

Answer 1

the answer is 29

Explanation:

The answer is 12 because

the length is 17 then i did minus 5 since that's the width

17-5=12

that's the length for the slanted part then......

12+12=24+5=29

(you get 5 from if you see the straight line on the right is 5 so on the other its the same thing.

Answer 2

Answer: 15

Explanation:

Area of a triangle = base * height.

Since the inside figure is a square, the base of the triangle must be 5.

To find the height: The length of the entire figure is 17; subtract 5 to account for the square, and you know that the remaining 12 must be divided easily on the right and left side; this shows that the height of the triangle on the left must be 6.

Plug these numbers into the formula: 5 * 6 / 2 = 15 :)