Find the area of the triangle. Express the answer in simplest form.

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Find the area of the triangle. Express the answer in simplest form.

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across · Answer

Is this homework?

anonymous · Answer

yes & i dont get it..

across · Answer

The area of a triangle is defined by$$A_{\text{triangle}}=\frac{1}{2}\text{base}\cdot\text{height}.$$Applying this formula to your question yields$$A_{\text{triangle}}=\sqrt{20}\sqrt{15}.$$Can you simplify that further?

across · Answer

I meant to write$$A_{\text{triangle}}=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{20}\sqrt{15}.$$

anonymous · Answer

so would it be 10 to the square root of 3?

across · Answer

$$\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{20}\sqrt{15}=5\sqrt{3}$$

anonymous · Answer

ah im terrible at math, thank you!