Question

What is the area of a triangle with a base of 8 yards and a height of 3 yards

Answer 1

Given:
Triangle base: 8 yards
Triangle height: 3 yards

The area of a triangle is solved using this formula:

Area = (height * base) / 2

Using the given data:

Area of a triangle = (3 yards * 8 yards)/2
Area of a triangle = 24 square yards / 2
Area of a triangle = 12 square yards.


The area of the given triangle is 12 square yards. 

Answer 2

The equation for area of a triangle is given below.

Area of Triangle = 0.5*Base*Height

Since we are given that the base is 8 yards and height is 3 yards...

Area of Triangle = 0.5 * 8 yards * 3 yards = 12 yards^2