Question

A piece of a tile is in the shape of a right triangle. The base is 1½ ½ centimeters and the
height is 2½ centimeters. What is the area in square centimeters? (1 point)
8 square centimeters
○ 33 square centimeters
4
1 square centimeters
8
4 square centimeters

Answers

GPT 3.5
The area of a right triangle is calculated using the formula:

Area = (base * height) / 2

Plugging in the values:
Area = (1.5 * 2.5) / 2
Area = (3.75) / 2
Area = 1.875 square centimeters

Therefore, the area of the right triangle is 1.875 square centimeters.
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GPT 3.5
1.875 is not one of the given answer choices.
The closest answer choice would be:

4 square centimeters

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