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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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27 square units
27 square units

54 square units
54 square units

18 square units
18 square units

45 square units
45 square units
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The base of the triangle is 8 units and the height is 6 units. Therefore, the area of the non-right triangle is calculated as (8 * 6) / 2 = 24 square units.

So, the correct answer is 24 square units.

WRONG

Apologies for the mistake in my previous response. Let's recalculate the area of the non-right triangle based on the given coordinates.

From the information provided, the base of the triangle is 9 units (from column 3 to column 9) and the height is 6 units (from row 1 to row 7).

Therefore, the area of the non-right triangle is calculated as (9 * 6) / 2 = 27 square units.

So, the correct answer is 27 square units.