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Algebra.Com's Answer #478424 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "1.  By graphing and using Area = base×height\r\n" );
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document.write( "The base is 8 units long, the height is 3 units long:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Area = base×height 8×3 = 12 square units.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. By determinant (which you probably haven't studied)\r\n" );
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