Units contained in a IMPORTANT VOCABULARY:
• Area: The number of
figure.
Perpendicular Lines: Lines that form a
AREA OF TRIANGLES
angle.
the base
Area of Triangles
GUIDED NOTES
1. To find the area of a triangle,
by the height, then divide by two.
2. Another way this can be written is:
3. The algebraic formula is:
or
to each
4. The base and height are
other.
5. Right angles measure