Area of a Triangle
A triangle is a three sided 2-dimensional polygon. If you would like to find the area of a triangle you could use the following area of the triangle formula.
area of a triangle
The following example shows how to work out the area of a triangle.
Example
Find the area of a right triangle which has a width of 10 cm and a height of 5 cm as shown in the diagram below.
We know that:
Area of a triangle = width x length
This concludes;
Area = 10cm x 5cm = 50cm
