SOLUTION: What's the area of a triangle whose vertices have coordinates (-1,2), (-1,-1), and (-6,2)

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: What's the area of a triangle whose vertices have coordinates (-1,2), (-1,-1), and (-6,2) This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by checkley71, josmiceli:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ONE SIDE IS 2-(-1)=3 AND ANOTHER IS -1-(-6)=5 SO THE AREA IS BH/2 OR 3*5/2=15/2=7.5
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A = 1/2*bh
(-1,2),(-1,-1),(-6,2)

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