SOLUTION: what is the area of a triangle with a base = {{{3&5/8}}} and a height = {{{2&1/2}}}

Question 3675: what is the area of a triangle with a base = and a height =
Found 2 solutions by Zenock, cleomenius:
Answer by Zenock(15) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To solve the problem use the formula for area of a triangle...
Area of a triangle:

You may have some difficulty here multiplying mixed numbers. The best option is to convert these.
A B/C =
so
3 5/8 =
You can do the same time thing with 2 1/2.
For example:
Same problem different numbers...
what is the area of a triangle with a base = 4 3/8 and a height = 3 1/2

You can leave it in this form or if you need to make it back into a mixed number:
32 goes into 245 7 times with a remainder of 21. So the answer is 7 21/32.

There are other ways to do this problem as well.
For instance... we could make the mixed fractions into an addition problems as so...
4 3/8 = (4+3/8)
3 1/2 = (3+1/2)
and then do the following

and so
So:

and so
So:

Which is 7 21/32.
Pointless but might give some understanding.
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is a good idea to convert your fractions to a more workable form:
3 5/8 = 29/8
2 1/2 = 5/2
1/2(29/8 * 5/2) = 1/2 (145/ 16) = 145/32
This works out to 4 and 17/32, our answer.
cleomenius

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