Question

The area of a triangle with base b and height h is 1/2

bh. Jon works for an advertising agency, where he designed a billboard shaped like a tortilla chip. The tortilla chip billboard is 15 feet high and 12 feet wide at its base.
What is the area of the tortilla chip billboard?
Write your answer as a whole number or decimal.

Answer 1

90sqft

Explanation:

We have the base and the height, so we just compute

A = bh/2

A = 12ft * 15ft / 2 = 180sqft / 2 = 90sqft