heres a quick tip In these kind of Questions count the number of "-" and if they are odd then your answer will be -X if it is even the the anwer will be +X (X can be any number) so the answer will be like
Step-by-step explanation: It would be 144.5 because you use the side lengths to plug into the formula for finding an area of a triangle ( base multiplied by height multiplied by half.) so : 17 x 17 x 1/2