Moses found the area of the rectangle below by creating triangles as shown. What is the area of one of the triangles? The rectangle is 16 units and 24 units Split into two triangles

Answer 1

To find the area of one of the triangles, we first need to find the height of the triangle.

Since the rectangle is split into two triangles, the height of each triangle will be the same as the width of the rectangle, which is 16 units.

Now, to find the area of a triangle, we use the formula: Area = 1/2 * base * height
In this case, the base of the triangle is half of the width of the rectangle, which is 24/2 = 12 units.

Therefore, the area of one triangle is:
Area = 1/2 * 12 * 16
Area = 6 * 16
Area = 96 square units

So, the area of one of the triangles is 96 square units.