SOLUTION: Melissa was finding the area of a triangle when she wrote: Area = 1/2*3*4 1/2 What would the triangle she was working with look like? I tried drawing many tri

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Question 859615: Melissa was finding the area of a triangle when she wrote:
Area = 1/2*3*4 1/2
What would the triangle she was working with look like?
I tried drawing many triangles using graph paper and a ruler, unfortunately this didn't work. I tried looking it up online, but this did not help.

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Melissa was finding the area of a triangle when she wrote:
Area = 1/2*3*4 1/2
:
You know the area of a triangle A = 1%2F2b*h
Your triangle could be a right triangle with a base of 3 and a height of 4.5