The area of a triangle with base b and height h is equal to:

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The area of a triangle with base b and height h is equal to:

The area of a triangle depends on how long the base is and how tall it is. If you compare the triangle to a rectangle with the same base and height, that rectangle has area base times height. A triangle that sits inside that rectangle covers exactly half of it, so its area is half of base times height. That means the area is (base × height) ÷ 2, written as bh/2. The other ideas mix up what area measures: bh would be the rectangle’s area, while (b + h)/2 is just an average, not related to area.

The area of a triangle depends on how long the base is and how tall it is. If you compare the triangle to a rectangle with the same base and height, that rectangle has area base times height. A triangle that sits inside that rectangle covers exactly half of it, so its area is half of base times height. That means the area is (base × height) ÷ 2, written as bh/2. The other ideas mix up what area measures: bh would be the rectangle’s area, while (b + h)/2 is just an average, not related to area.

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