SOLUTION: I am an under grad college newbie, I am struggling with an assignment question pertaining to finding the area in a triangle figure. The question asks to find the area in this fig

Question 446370: I am an under grad college newbie, I am struggling with an assignment question pertaining to finding the area in a triangle figure. The question asks to find the area in this figure. 5/4m is inside the triangle and 10/7 is below the triangle? What is the formula to come up with the correct answer?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We are not mind readers
if 5/4 is the height
10/7 is the base
then area
Area = 1/2 * base * height
Area = 1/2 *5/4 * 10/7
Area =50/56===>25/26 sq. units
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