SOLUTION: Carlos is laying a decorative tile floor. If he is going to place 2 triangles with a height of 3 feet and a base of 1.5 feet, how may square feet of tile does he need to purchase?

Question 1045855: Carlos is laying a decorative tile floor. If he is going to place 2 triangles with a height of 3 feet and a base of 1.5 feet, how may square feet of tile does he need to purchase?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hint: Two congruent triangles make a parallelogram, area is base times height.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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