To find the area, calculate half of the product of the base and the height.
1620 in.^2
Practice makes perfect
We will find the area of the given triangle. The area of a triangle is half the product of its base and its height. Let's visualize the side of the tent we are given in the figure!
In the given triangle, we can see that the base is 60 inches and that the height is 54 inches. We can substitute these two values into the formula for the area of a triangle and simplify. Let's do it!
