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A rectangle

Finding the area of a rectangle

The triangle is half of the rectangle

A triangle 

A rectangle has two triangles

 -Two triangles form a rectangle

Area

 Area of the triangle is going to be half the area of the rectangle

Area of the rectangle

= l x w

Area of the triangle

 ½b x h

Area of a triangle

Question

Find the area the triangle (shaded) below

Answer

Find the area the triangle (shaded) below