Question

the area of a ____________ is half the product of its base and the corresponding altitude
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In other words, area of a triangle is half the product of its base (or any side) and the corresponding altitude (or height). From this formula, you can see that two triangles with same base (or equal bases) and equal areas will have equal corresponding altitudes.

Answer 2

The area of a triangle is half the product of its base and the corresponding altitude.

• A triangle can be obtained by dividing a parallelogram into two parts that are equal.
• The required area is half the parallelogram's area.
• Using a parallelogram's area, which is obtained as the product of its height and base, a triangle's area could be obtained.
• So, it is 1/2×base×height.
• Any triangle's area could be calculated using the values of its height and base.