Question

If the area of the parallelogram is 15 cm 2, what is the area of the green triangle?

30 cm 2
15 cm 2
7.5 cm 2
8 cm 2

Answer 1

The green triangle is half the parallelogram, so area 15/2

Answer: 7.5 sq cm. Third Choice.

Answer 2

7.5 cm^2

Explanation

the diagonal line separate this parallelogram into two identical triangles, so you just need to divide the area by 2.