document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=726919>Question 726919</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve the area of a triangle.  base 2 1/3 yards and height 3/4 yard. (the area of the triangle equals half the product of its base and height) I got an answer of 7/8 yards. I got it wrong. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The base is 2 1/3 yard = 7/3 yard.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2 * 7/3 * 3/4 (multiply top x top and bottom x bottom) = 21/24 = 7/8 square yards.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The only part you had wrong was the units.<BR>\n" );
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