A triangle has base 8 1/4 feet and height 6 1/2 feet. Find the area of the triangle as a mixed number.

Question

A triangle has base 8 1/4 feet and height 6 1/2 feet. Find the area of the triangle as a mixed number.

Answer 1

You can express these two dimensions as 33/4 ft and 13/2 and then multiply these two improper fractions in the usual way.

the result can be converted to a mixed number in the usual way (by division).