What is the area of the figure below?
The figure is triangle with a dashed altitude drawn from the top vertex to the bottom side.The right side of the triangle is 5 inches.
The left side is 10.8 inches.
The left part of the bottom side to the altitude is 10 inches.
The right part of the bottom side from the altitude is 3 inches.
The altitude is 4 inches.
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Responses
26 in.²
26 in.²
27 in.²
27 in.²
52 in.²
52 in.²
54 in.²
To find the area of the triangle, we can use the formula for the area of a triangle:
Area = (base * height) / 2
The base of the triangle is the sum of the left part of the bottom side (10 inches) and the right part of the bottom side (3 inches), which is 13 inches. The height is the length of the altitude, which is 4 inches.
Plugging these values into the formula, we get:
Area = (13 inches * 4 inches) / 2
Area = 52 square inches
Therefore, the area of the figure is 52 in².