Question

The base of a triangle and a parallelogram are the same length. Their heights are also the same. If the area of the parallelogram is 48 m² , what is the area of the triangle?

A.12 m²
B.24 m²
C.48 m²
D.96 m²

Answer 1

B. 24 because the formula for a triangle area is 1/2bh, and the formula for a parallelograms area is bh