Y1 ch 4 - Derry Township School District

Since the area of the triangle is half the area of a parallelogram (that is, the diagonal of any parallelogram divides it into two congruent triangles), we can write: area of a triangle = or b · h. Make these notes in your Tool Kit to the right of the double-lined box. a) Why do you divide by 2 when finding the area … ................
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