Question

The base length of a triangle is 4 feet and the height is 2 feet. What is the area of the triangle?

2 square feet

4 square feet

6 square feet

8 square feet

Answer 1

To calculate the area of a triangle, you multiply the base length by the height of the triangle. Post what you get when you do this.

Answer 2

i got 8 but that was wrong

Answer 3

\[A _{\triangle}=\frac{ b*h }{2 }\]

Answer 4

... where b is the length of the base and h is the height of the triangle (measured straight up, perpendicular to the base).

Answer 5

im retakeing an exam and it says that 8 is wrong