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6.01 Area of triangles

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Find the area of the triangle shown.

A right triangle with the right angle located at the bottom left corner. The horizontal leg at the bottom is labeled as 12 m, and the vertical leg to the left is labeled as 5 m. The hypotenuse extends from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, and it is not labeled.
Easy
< 1min

Use the picture to answer the following questions about the area of the rectangle and the triangle.

Easy
1min

Find the area $A$A of a triangle with height $8$8 cm and base $9$9 cm.

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< 1min

Find the area of the triangle shown.

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< 1min
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MA.6.GR.2.1

Derive a formula for the area of a right triangle using a rectangle. Apply a formula to find the area of a triangle.

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