Question

HW2.24. Statement: Area of a Triangle The area of a triangle can be computed by knowing the base and height of the triangle using the following formula: (the dot is mathematical notation for multiplication) Write a Python statement that assigns the variable area to the value computed by the above formula using variables base and height.

Answer 1

Answer:

The python statement is:

area= 0.5 * base * height

Explanation:

Given

$\frac{1}{2}\ .\ base\ .\ height$

Required

Write an equivalent python statement

From the question, we understand that the expression be assigned to variable area.

So, the  equivalent python statement is:

area= 0.5 * base * height

Where

$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$

It can also be written as:

area = base * height / 2

It can also be written as:

area = 1/2 * base * height

All the above statements are equivalent to:

$\frac{1}{2}\ .\ base\ .\ height$