A park has a triangular piece of land on the border.The altitude of the triangle is 500 feet.The base of the triangle is 240 feet. What is the area of this ptece of land?

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anonymous · Answer

look up the formula for area of a triangle

anonymous · Answer

i did that i don't know

campbell_st · Answer

the altitude is also the perpendicular height needed to find the area 

here is a link to expain it. 

then  

$$Area = \frac{1}{2} \times base \times height$$

just plug the values in and calculate the answer

hope it helped

campbell_st · Answer

oops the link is http://www.mathwords.com/a/altitude_triangle.htm