Question 297600
When you fold a square, you get a right triangle.

The formula for finding the area of a triangle is A = 1/2*b*h

The base is 8 and the height is 8 as given when the question said that each side of the square is 8 inches long.

A = 1/2 * 8 * 8

A = 1/2 * 64

A = 32 inches^2....This is read "32 squared inches."  We need to include the squared inches because area is measured in squared units.