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Question

An illustration shows an obtuse triangle with a base of 9 centimeters. The perpendicular height on the right is marked by a dashed line drawn from the top vertex to an extended dashed line from the base labeled as 7 centimeters. A right angle symbol is shown where the base and height meet at the dashed lines.

What is the area in square centimeters of the triangle pictured here?(1 point)
cm2
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Answer 1

To find the area of the triangle, we can use the formula:

Area = (base * height) / 2

In the given illustration, the base is 9 centimeters and the height is 7 centimeters.

Plugging these values into the formula, we get:

Area = (9 * 7) / 2 = 63 / 2 = 31.5 cm^2

So, the area of the triangle pictured here is 31.5 square centimeters.