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Area of a Triangle
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VOCAB • Area: The number of square
units it takes to exactly fill the interior of a triangle.
• Height: The perpendicular distance from any vertex of a triangle to the side opposite that vertex. Also called altitude
HEIGHT AND BASE
• The relationship between the height and the base of a triangle is that no matter what the height and the base will always make a right angle. You know the difference because the height is vertical and the base is horizontal.
FORMULA
• To find the area of a triangle, you take ½ the base times the height.
UNITS
• The area of a triangle is measured in square units.
Examples
BONUS