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An illustration shows a 10 by 10 grid. A non-right triangle is enclosed within the grid. The first vertex is at the top of row 1 and the right of column 10. The second vertex is at the top of row 4 and the left of column 1. The third vertex is at the bottom of row 10 and the right of column 10.

What is the area of the non-right triangle? The base and height are found by counting the squares.
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The area is
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An illustration shows a 10 by 10 grid. A non-right triangle is enclosed within the grid. The first vertex is at the top of row 2 and the right of column 7. The second vertex is at the top of row 2 and the right of column 1. The third vertex is at the top of row 10 and the right of column 9.

An illustration shows a 10 by 10 grid. A non-right triangle is enclosed within the grid. The first vertex is at the top of row 2 and the right of column 6. The second vertex is at the top of row 10 and the right of column 1. The third vertex is at the bottom of row 10 and the right of column 9.

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To find the area of the non-right triangle, we need to find the base and height of the triangle by counting the squares within the grid.

The base of the triangle is 9 squares and the height is 8 squares.

Therefore, the area of the non-right triangle is (1/2) * base * height = (1/2) * 9 * 8 = 36 square units.