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No, the area of a triangle is half the base multiplied by the perpendicular height.
If the triangle has no perpendicular height, you can't use the length of a slanted side, watch out for that. Perpendicular lines meet like a capital T. At right angles.
Instead, you could use 1/2absinC
label each side of the triangle a,b and c.
label each corner with the same three letters but capitals.
label A the corner across from a
label B the corner across from b and so on.
find the sin of C using your calculator
multiply one half by the measures of a,b and sinC
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Calculate area of triangle?
half base multiply height. 1/2BasexHeight
What is the area of a triangle with the heght of 5 and the base of 4?
A triangle is half a square The area of a square is height × width(base) So, the area of a triangle is height × base ÷ 2 5×4÷2 = 10
What is the area of a triangle with base 20.3mm and height 5.6mm?
The area of a triangle is half base times height. In this case the area is 20.3x5.6/2 =56.84mm^2
Is every triangle half of a rectangle?
No. Although the area of every triangle is equal to half the area with the same base and height, only right angled triangles are half a rectangle.
How do you find the area of an iscoseles triangle?
Half base x altitude...
A polygon whose area equals half its base multiplied by its height?
triangle
What is a polygon whose area equals half its base multiplied by its height?
A triangle.
What is the area of the triangle if the height of 6.3 and the Base of 10.4?
The formula to calculate the area of any triangle is half the length of the base, multiplied by the height. Therefore in this case it's 32.76
What is the area in square inches of a triangle that measures 4 ft by 3 ft?
The area of any triangle is defined as half the base multiplied by the height.
How are the formulas for area of a triangle and rectangle similar?
the area of a triangle is half of the base times the height the area of a triangle is half of the base times the height
What is the formula for area of a base and area of a triangle?
A base is normally a line and therefore has no area; the area of a triangle is half of base x altitude.
Why is the area of the triangle half the base times the height?
Because a triangle is half of a rectangle. The area of a rectangle is length times width, the area of a triangle is half that.
Why does a triangle multiplied by one half?
To get the area it half breadth by height. A simplified thought on this is because the formula for the area of a parallelogram is length by width, and a triangle would be half of this
How you find the height of a triangle if only you have the area and the base?
YOu divide the Base by half, and then DIvide the area by half of the base to get the height.
If you have the sides of a triangle how do you get the area?
Half The Base, Times The Height Of The Triangle.
How do you calculate volume for a acute triangle?
A triangle is a 2 dimensional object, it cannot therefore have a volume (which is a property of 3D objects.However, if you meant area, then it's half the base length multiplied by the height.
Which statement best describes the area of the triangle?
The squared area of a triangle is half of its base times its perpendicular height. Or as: 0.5*base*perpendicular height = area of a triangle
