alleryStart learning →To find the area of a triangle you need to know its base and its:
AHeight
BHarbour
CHandbag
DHallway
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Height
1. Area depends on how wide the triangle is and how tall it stands.
2. The base gives the width along the bottom.
3. To find the area of a triangle, we need to know its base and height.
4. So the second measurement is the height.
_Source: OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Math Models', sections 3.1-3.5_
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