SOLUTION: The base of a triangular sail for a boat is 5 yards.The height is 14 yards.What is the area of te sail?

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Question 723299: The base of a triangular sail for a boat is 5 yards.The height is 14 yards.What is the area of te sail?
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Draw and write what you know first.
You know that the formula for finding the area of a triangle is A=%28%28Bh%29%2F2%29 You know that the base is 5yards and hieght is 14 yards
B=5yrds
h=14yrds
A=?yrd^2
Now you need to plug and chug!
A=%28%28Bh%29%2F2%29
A=%28%285%2814%29%29%2F2%29
A=%28%2870%29%2F2%29
A=35
I hope this was able to help you out!