A triangle has a base of 8 cm and a height of 12 cm. What is the area of the triangle? Enter your answer in the box. Cm?
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The diagram shows how the surface area can be "flattened" into two rectangles, one for the end triangles that is 6 cm by 5.3 cm, and one for the lateral area that is 13 cm by 19.3 cm.
The total area is
.. (6 cm)*(5.3 cm) +(13 cm)*(19.3 cm)
.. = 31.8 cm^2 +250.9 cm^2
.. = 282.7 cm^2
The total area is
.. (6 cm)*(5.3 cm) +(13 cm)*(19.3 cm)
.. = 31.8 cm^2 +250.9 cm^2
.. = 282.7 cm^2
The longer leg is opposite the 60, so to get the shorter leg you have to divide by 
18 / = 
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