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Area of a Triangle

We are going to look at the area of 3 different types of triangles:
A right triangle, an acute triangle, and an obtuse triangle.
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Regardless of the type of triangle, all triangles have the same area. You will need two important pieces of information in order to calculate the area of triangles: (1) the base of the triangle and (2) the height of the triangle We can calculate the area of a triangle by using the formula below:
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Now, let's look at a few examples:
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Example #1

Your turn! Determine the area of the following triangle:
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Example #2

Your turn! Determine the area of the following triangle:
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Example #3

Your turn! Determine the area of the following triangle:
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