Question

What is the area of this triangle? A=bh254 cm²90 cm²108 m²216 m²

Answer 1

Given:

A triangle with sides base 9 cm , height 12 cm and hypotenuse 15 cm.

Required:

What is the area of triangle?

Explanation:

The area of triangle is

$A=\frac{1}{2}\times base\times height$

We have base = 9 cm and height = 12 cm.

Now,

$\begin{gathered} A=\frac{1}{2}\times9\times12 \\ A=54\text{ cm}^2 \end{gathered}$

Answer:

Option A is correct.