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The diagram show the outline of the triangular foundation of a front porch.A triangle is with base labeled fifteen and five tenths feet and height is labeled twelve feet.What is the area of the foundation?

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ANSWER:

13.75 square feet

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

Given:

Base = 15.5 feet

Height = 12 feet

Since it has the shape of a triangle, the area of the triangle is given by the following formula:

[tex]A=\frac{b\cdot h}{2}[/tex]

We replacing:

[tex]\begin{gathered} A=\frac{15.5+12}{2} \\ A=\frac{27.5}{2} \\ A=13.75in^2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

the area of the foundation is 13.75 square feet

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