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Answer 1

Answer: 1

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Explanation:

We're given the height in relation to base BC, so we need to find the length of this base. This is the same as finding the distance from B to C.

Turn to the distance formula

$d = \text{Distance from B to C}\\\\d = \sqrt{(x_1-x_2)^2+(y_1-y^2)^2}\\\\d = \sqrt{(-2-(-3))^2+(-1-(-2))^2}\\\\d = \sqrt{(-2+3)^2+(-1+2)^2}\\\\d = \sqrt{(1)^2+(1)^2}\\\\d = \sqrt{1+1}\\\\d = \sqrt{2}$

Coincidentally, the base and height are the same. This won't always be the case.

Now we can find the area of the triangle

$A = \text{Area of triangle}\\\\A = \frac{1}{2}*\text{Base}*\text{Height}\\\\A = \frac{1}{2}*\sqrt{2}*\sqrt{2}\\\\A = \frac{1}{2}*\sqrt{2*2}\\\\A = \frac{1}{2}*\sqrt{4}\\\\A = \frac{1}{2}*2\\\\A = 1$

The area of the triangle is 1 square unit.

See diagram below.