Area of a triangle and composite figures
Find the area of a triangle, or decompose a composite figure into a rectangle and a triangle to find its total area. Unlimited questions, five difficulty levels, and a full worked solution every time — free.
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A triangle has a base of 10 cm and a height of 12 cm. What is its area?
Answer: 60
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A triangle has a base of 16 cm and a height of 7 cm. What is its area?
📘 Worked solution
1Area = (base · height) / 2 = (16 · 7) / 2A triangle is half of a parallelogram with the same base and height.
2= 112 / 2 = 56 cm2Multiply, then divide by 2.
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