Question

What is the area of the triangle?



A.27 1/4


B.54 1/2


C.80 3/16


D.87 15/16

Answer 1

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Answer 2

\[a=\frac{ bh }{ 2 } \]
base is: \[16\frac{ 3 }{4 }\]
height is: \[10\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\]
so your equation should be: \[a=\frac{ 10\frac{ 2 }{ 4 } *16 \frac{ 3 }{ 4 }}{ 2 }\]
this will give you: \[\frac{ 1407 }{ 16}\]
which simplifies to: 87.9375 or: \[87 \frac{ 15 }{ 16 }\]
which is D