Answer:
18 cm squared
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula for finding the area of a triangle is a = 1/2bh with a being the area, b being the base, and h being the height. We can use this formula to determine the area of the given triangle.
First, we need to find the base. The base is the <em>bottom side</em> of a triangle. The bottom side of this triangle isn't given, so we can just pretend like one of the 6 cm-long sides is the bottom side. We have to find 1/2 of this. 1/2 of 6 is 3, so we now have a = 3h.
What is our height? Our height is the length of the side <em>perpendicular to the bottom side</em>. It looks like that side is 6 cm as well. So we have to multiply 3 by 6 to find the area. 3 times 6 is 18, so that is the total area of our triangle. We also have to remember to say that these units are <em>squared</em>, since we multiplied cm by cm to get cm squared.
Hopefully this was helpful! If anything was confusing, let me know so I can make things clearer. :)
