Question

Find the area of the triangle.

Answer 1

Base= 15
Height= 18

Area= 135

Answer 2

To find the area of a triangle, you just do (base * height)/2.

The base here is 15, and the height is 18. So, you plug those into (15 * 18)/2 = 135 inches squared.

You were probably confused about the hypotenuse length, which was extra info that wasn't needed.