A figure is made up of two triangles. The triangles have thesame base of 12 inches. One triangle has a height of 7 inchesand one has a height of 13 inches. What is the total area of thefigure?

Respuesta :

We need to find the area of each triangle and then do a sum of both

[tex]\begin{gathered} A_1=\frac{12\cdot7}{2}=\frac{84}{2}=42\text{ and } \\ A_2=\frac{12\cdot13}{2}=\frac{156}{2}=78\text{ } \end{gathered}[/tex]

Then the total area of the figure is 120 inches^2

[tex]42+78=120[/tex]