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An illustration shows a 10 by 10 grid. A non-right triangle is enclosed within the grid. The first vertex is at the top of row 1 and the right of column 3. The second vertex is at the top of row 7 and the left of column 1. The third vertex is at the top of row 1 and the right of column 9.
What is the area of the non-right triangle? The base and height are found by counting the squares.
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54 square units
54 square units
45 square units
45 square units
18 square units
18 square units
27 square units
27 square units
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The base of the triangle is 8 units (from column 3 to column 9), and the height of the triangle is 6 units (from row 1 to row 7).
Therefore, the area of the triangle is 1/2 * base * height = 1/2 * 8 * 6 = 24 square units.
So, the correct answer is not listed, but it would be 24 square units.