how do you find the area of a rectangle when it is cut diagonally in half?

Hi Titanium

Correct, a diagonal cut will produce 2 right angled triangles.

After that your air waves got a bit scrambled.   LOL.  :)

To find the area of a sliced rectangle when cut diagonally, first we must know the facts of rectangles, or quadrilaterals as we say when it comes to measurement

Rectangle:

its angles equal 360 degrees-

basically its 2 triangles-

Triangle:

half a rectangle-

angles equal 180 degrees

so pretty much, half of a rectangle is a triangle

to find the area of one of the pieces, you must do the triangle formula, which is:

$${\frac{{\mathtt{h}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{b}}}{{\mathtt{2}}}}$$

To combine the area of both mini rectangles and make it the original rectangle, just multiply by 2 or simply dont divide by 2 and just multiply h*b, which is l*w basically

the triangle is half of a rectangle becuz its angles equal 180 degrees, times it by 2 (both halfs), it equals 360 degrees, the amount of degrees in a quadrilateral, not only rectangles, but also squares

hope this helps!

Thx, but my air waves didn't get scrambled, my terrible Wi Fi service did

Yes blame it on your internet service.  An excellent idea Titanium :)