Question: calculate the area of a triangle with a 3 cm base and a 6 cm height.
Solution:
The area of a triangle with base b and height h is given by the following formula:
[tex]A\text{ = }\frac{b\text{ x h}}{2}[/tex]
Therefore, replacing the data given in the problem, we get:
[tex]A\text{ = }\frac{b\text{ x h}}{2}\text{ = }\frac{3\text{x }6}{2}=\frac{18}{2}=\text{ 9}[/tex]
we can conclude that the area of the triangle is:
[tex]A=9cm^2[/tex]
