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The area of a triangle is half the height x width or..
Area = 1/2 x height x width = 1/2 h x w
To understand why, think about how you can always take two identical triangles and form a parallelogram with them.
Now think about what the area of that parallelogram would be. To do that, imagine cutting it up so that it forms a rectangle.
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