if the area of a triangle is 60 cm square and the area of a parallelogram is 48 cm square, and the right answer is that the triangle has the greater area,how do I justify my answer.

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if the area of a triangle is 60 cm square and  the area of a parallelogram is 48 cm square, and the right answer is that the triangle has the greater area,how do I justify my answer.

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Answer to what?

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Did you solve for the areas of the triangle and parallelogram?

anonymous · Answer

yes

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Well, I think you can't justify the answer.

anonymous · Answer

but i have too
it's gonna come in my test

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Justify answers that are not right?

anonymous · Answer

how is it not right

isaiah.feynman · Answer

A triangle can be thought of as half a parallelogram, so you if you have a parallelogram of a certain area, then the area of the triangle is half the area of the parallelogram.

isaiah.feynman · Answer

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