Question

Find the area of a triangle whose base is 3 inches and whose height is 1 inch. Write your answer as a decimal if necessary.

Answer 1

1.5 is the area 1/2 base times height 1/2 of 3 is 1.5 and 1.5 times 1 is 1.5

Answer 2

For this problem, we will use the formula for the area of a triangle, which is
`(1)/(2)b h`, where
`b` is the base of the triangle and
`h` is the height.

We know that
`b = 3` and
`h = 1` based on the information given in the problem. We can simply substitute these values into the equation to find an answer:

`((1)/(2))(3)(1) = \boxed{(3)/(2)}`

Our answer is 3/2 inches.