Calculate the area of the triangle below, if possible.
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Calculate the area of the triangle below, if possible.
The formula to calculate the area of a triangle is:
(side * height corresponding to the side) / 2
Note that in the triangle provided to us, we have the length of the side but not the height.
That is, we do not have enough data to perform the calculation.
Cannot be calculated
Complete the sentence:
To find the area of a right triangle, one must multiply ________________ by each other and divide by 2.
The height must be perpendicular (at a 90° angle) to the base! The measurement 7 appears to be a side of the triangle, not the perpendicular distance from the opposite vertex to the base.
Look for a right angle symbol (⊥) or a dashed line showing the perpendicular drop. Heights are always drawn at 90° angles to the base, while sides connect the vertices directly.
You need either:
No, not with this information alone. While you have two measurements, neither gives you the perpendicular height needed for the area formula. You'd need additional data like angles or confirmation that one measurement is actually the height.
If it were a right triangle, then the two perpendicular sides would be the base and height! But this triangle doesn't show a right angle, so we can't make that assumption.
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