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Lerok [7]
3 years ago
7

Joe found the area of a triangle by writing A=1/2(11 in.)(4 in.), while Kaitlin found the area by writing A=1/2(3 in.)(4 in.) +

1/2( 8 in.)(4 in.). explain how each student approached the problem.
Mathematics
1 answer:
FromTheMoon [43]3 years ago
6 0
Ok so remember distributive property
a(b+c)=ab+ac so

1/2(11)(4)=1/2(3)4+1/2(8)(4)
aka

(1/2*4)(11)=(1/2*4)(3+8)(1/2*4)(3)+(1/2*4)(8)
the 1/2*4 bit was the 'a' and the 3 was b and 8 was c
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