Anaya is making a wooden puzzle. The plan for one of the triangular pieces is shown the instructions say that the height of the puzzle piece should be four times the length of the base and the base of the triangle is 5 cm what is the area of the puzzle piece.
First, we need to find the height of the triangle. The height is given as four times the length of the base, so the height is 4 * 5 cm = 20 cm.
The area of a triangle is calculated using the formula A = 0.5 * base * height. Plugging in the values we have:
A = 0.5 * 5 cm * 20 cm
A = 0.5 * 100 cm^2
A = 50 cm^2
Therefore, the area of the puzzle piece is 50 square centimeters.