Area of Triangles

You can think of any triangle as half of a parallelogram! This is why its area is half that of the parallelogram: half of height times base. Watch this lecture series and complete the interactive exercises to practice using the triangle area formula.

Practice

Area of right triangles - Questions

1. What is the area of the triangle?


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2. What is the area of the triangle?



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3. What is the area of the triangle?



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4. What is the area of the triangle?



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