A piece of a tile is in the shape of a right triangle. The base is 112 centimeters and the height is 212 centimeters. What is the area in square centimeters?(1 point)
Responses
8 square centimeters
8 square centimeters
4 square centimeters
4 square centimeters
178 square centimeters
1 Start Fraction 7 over 8 end fraction square centimeters
334 square centimeters
3 Start Fraction 3 over 4 end fraction square centimeters
The area of a right triangle is calculated by the formula: 1/2 * base * height.
In this case, the base is 112 cm and the height is 212 cm.
So, the area = 1/2 * 112 * 212 = 11872 square centimeters
Therefore, the correct response is:
178 square centimeters