SOLUTION: Find the area of a triangle where the base is 2 1/5 yards and the height is 5/7 yard. I know that a= 1/2 the product of its base and height.
The area is ___yd squared.
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The area is ___yd squared.
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Question 748020: Find the area of a triangle where the base is 2 1/5 yards and the height is 5/7 yard. I know that a= 1/2 the product of its base and height.
The area is ___yd squared. Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hello,
We can multiply 2 1/5 * 5/7 * 1/2 by changing to this:
11/5 * 5/7 * 1/2 = 55/70 reduced to 11/14 square yards.
Make sense?
RJ
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