What is the area of a triangle that has a base of 4.2 cm and a height of 3.5 cm?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-14T09:14:25

#7.35cm^2#

The area of a triangle is given by

#A=1/2bh#

where #b# is the base of the triangle, and #h# is the height of the triangle.

Here, #b=4.2#, #h=3.5#, so the area will be

#A=1/2*4.2*3.5=7.35#

Since both units were in #cm#, the area will be in #cm*cm=cm^2#

#:.A=7.35cm^2#