The sailboat has 1large sail and 1 small sail. The large sail is 24 feet tail. The base of the sail is 12 feet long. What is the area of the large sail?

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Yshilov · Answer 1 · 2021-04-07T04:58:04+0000

Solution:

The measure height of the large sail = 24 feet

The measure of base of the sail = 12 feet

We know that,

The sail of the sailboat is in the form of right angle triangle

The area of triangle is given as:

Area = (1)/(2) * base * height

Substituting the values we get,

$Area = (1)/(2) * 12 * 24\\\\Area = 6 * 24\\\\Area = 144\ ft^2$

Thus the area of large sail is 144 square feet