+1008 Which statement best describes the area of Triangle ABC shown below?
It is twice the area of a square of side length 4 units. It is one-half the area of a square of side length 4 units. It is twice the area of a rectangle with sides 4 units × 3 units. It is one-half the area of a rectangle with sides 4 units × 3 units.
+235 It is one-half the area of a rectangle with sides 4 units × 3 units. Just plot the points, and you can see that the base is 4, and the height is 3. So using the triangle area formula, we have 4 * 3 * 1/2 = 6. Go through each of these equations and you can see that the last one is the only one that satisfies this triangle.
Hope this helps!
+219 The statement that would best discribe the area of Triangle ABC is:
It is one-half the area of a rectangle with sides 4 units × 3 units.
Heres an Explination of why:
The formula of area of a triangle: \(\frac{1}{2} * base * height\)
Base of triangle = 4 units.
Height of triangle = 3 units
\(\frac{1}{2} * 4 * 3\) =
\(\frac{12}{2} = 6 units^2\)
So if you used the statment "It is one-half the area of a rectangle with sides 4 units × 3 units." It will look like:
Area of a rectangle: Length * Width
= 4 * 3
12 \(units^2\)
Area of the triangle: 6 square units
Area of the rectangle: 12 square units
\(6=\frac{1}{2}* 12\)
6 = 6
Hope this helps ;P
