In the diagram below, the area of triangle BCD is 60. What is the area of triangle BAD?
Area of triangle = 1/2 bh
60 = 1/2 (15) h
8 = h
Quadrilateral area = h x (b1 + b2)/2 = 8 x (15+9)/2 = 96 sq units
96 -60 = triangle BAD area = 36 sq units (fixed typo)