Question

karen wants to find the area of the isosceles triangle ABC. she knows that the base of the triangle (side CB) is equal to 8 squares. she also knows the height, or altitude, of the triangle is equal to 4.

Answer 1

area = 16 unit ²

Explanation:

given:

base = 8

height = 4

req'd : area of a triangle

area of isoceles triangle = 1/2 * b * h

= 1/2 * 8 * 4

= 16 unit²

Answer 2

16 squares

Explanation:

The area of an isosceles is
`(bh)/(2)`

`8 \cdot 4 = 32\\32 / 2 = 16`

Hope this helped!