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Error Analysis  Eric found the area of the shaded triangle by composing it into a parallelogram. Eric found the area to be 814 ft squared. What is the correct area of the shaded​ triangle? What was Eric​'s ​error?
44 ft
37 ft
34 ft
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The correct area of the shaded triangle is
  
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Correct area = 748 ft².

Eric’s error: he used 37 ft as the height when forming the parallelogram. The 37 ft is a side length, not the perpendicular height. The correct area is 1/2 · base · height = 1/2 · 44 · 34 = 748 ft².