Question

A right triangle is formed by the origin and the x and y intercepts of the line 14x+7y=56. Find the area of the triangle.

I know that Area of a triangle is 1/2bh, but how do I find the base and height? Thank you.

Answer 1

I found x=4 and y=8 is that right? Then I found the area is 16. Is that right?

Answer 2

base is 4
altitude is 8
x and y axes hit each other at the origin at 90 degrees (360/4)
area is 16

Answer 3

Yay! Thank you!