Question

The vertices of a triangle are A(4, 1), B(9, 1), C(2, 5). What is the area of this triangle.

Answer 1

Answer:

It's actually 10 units squared.

Step-by-step explanation:

Follow the instructions of the other guy, they did it right, just forgot to divide by 2 at the end.

Answer 2

Hey there!

$\large\boxed{10u^2}$

Formula for the area of a triangle is (1/2)bh.

Base of this triangle is 5, height is 4.

Image attached.

Plug values into the formula:

A = (1/2)(5)(4)

Simplify.

A = (1/2)(20)

A = 10

Area of the triangle is 10 units².

Hope this helps!