Question

A company makes triangular plates for individual slices of pizza. For each plate, the base is 5 inches and the height is 16 inches. The area of the top of the plate is ____ inches squared.

Answer 1

The answer would be 40

Answer 2

To find the area of a triangle, you do (base × height)/2, so in this case (5 × 16)/2 which can simplify to 80/2 so the answer is 40 inches squared. I hope this helps!