A play area I in the shape of a right triangle. The base is 125 meters and the height is 64 meters. What is the area in the square meters.

Question

__ square meters

Answer 1

To find the area of a triangle, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height} \]

For your right triangle, the base is 125 meters and the height is 64 meters. Plugging in these values:

\[ \text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \times 125 \times 64 \]

Calculating this step-by-step:

1. Multiply the base and the height: \[ 125 \times 64 = 8000 \]

2. Now, take half of that product: \[ \text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \times 8000 = 4000 \]

Thus, the area of the play area is:

\[ \text{Area} = 4000 \text{ square meters} \]

So, the final answer is 4000 square meters.