Calculate Triangle Area: Using Height 5 and Base 4 Units

Question

Calculate the area of the following triangle:

00:00 Calculate the area of the triangle

00:02 We'll use the formula for calculating triangle area

00:06 (base(BC) times height(AE)) divided by 2

00:10 Let's substitute the appropriate values and solve

00:20 And this is the solution to the problem

The formula for calculating the area of a triangle is:

(the side * the height from the side down to the base) /2

That is:

$\frac{BC\times AE}{2}$

We insert the existing data as shown below:

$\frac{4\times5}{2}=\frac{20}{2}=10$