A triangle has base 64 mm and perpendicular height 13 mm. What is its area?
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Area of a triangle is 1/2 × base × height. So area = 1/2 × 64 × 13 = 416 square mm. The height must be perpendicular to the base. A triangle is half of a rectangle or parallelogram with the same base and perpendicular height, so we divide by 2. Always use the perpendicular height, not a slant side, when calculating area. So the correct choice is 416 mm².
