What is the area of the triangle?

a right triangle with a base labeled 24 miles, a height labeled 18 miles, and a third side labeled 30 miles

72 sq mi

432 sq mi

216 sq mi

360 sq mi

Question

What is the area of the triangle?

a right triangle with a base labeled 24 miles, a height labeled 18 miles, and a third side labeled 30 miles

 72 sq mi

 432 sq mi

 216 sq mi

 360 sq mi

anonymous · Answer

The area of a triangle is 1/2bh  -- where b is base and h is height. So here it would be 1/2(24)(18)= 432. 432 square miles. 

Also, this is in the wrong category. It should be in geometry. Just letting you know. :)

mrnood · Answer

as stated - the area is "half the height times base" (hb)/2
The calculation is (24*18)/2
The above answer is not correct