Question

paul says that the area of a triangle with base 16 meters and height 5 meters is 80 square meters paula says that the area is 40 square meters who is correct

Answer 1

Paul forgot to divide by 2. The area of a triangle is A = 1/2 * b * h

Paul just multiplied the Base and height together. 5*16 = 80.

Paula used the formula correctly. The answer is 40 square meters.