What is the area of a triangle with base 6 and height 4?

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What is the area of a triangle with base 6 and height 4?

Area of a triangle equals half the product of its base and height. Multiply the base by the height to get the full rectangle area, then take half of that. Here, 6 × 4 = 24, and half of 24 is 12. So the area is 12 square units. A common slip is forgetting the half, which would give 24, but the triangle’s area is specifically half of the base-height product.

Area of a triangle equals half the product of its base and height. Multiply the base by the height to get the full rectangle area, then take half of that. Here, 6 × 4 = 24, and half of 24 is 12. So the area is 12 square units. A common slip is forgetting the half, which would give 24, but the triangle’s area is specifically half of the base-height product.

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