SOLUTION: A great shark has triangular teeth. Each tooth measures about 5 cm across the base and has a height of 6 cm. Find the surface of the front side of one such tooth.

Question 395048: A great shark has triangular teeth. Each tooth measures about 5 cm across the base and has a height of 6 cm. Find the surface of the front side of one such tooth.
Answer by EricL(29) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi!
This question is asking for the area of the shark's teeth.
The formula for finding the area of a triangle is
The base of the sharks teeth is 5cm and the height of it is 6cm.

So, the answer is
Answer:
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