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Mathematics (Grade 6)

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Geometry: Measurements

Finding area of other triangles

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Finding the Area Of Other Triangles
Introduction

Triangles come in different shapes and sizes, such as right triangles, scalene triangles, and isosceles triangles. Finding the area of these triangles helps measure ...

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Picture a plate filled with a few sandwiches cut into triangular halves. Each sandwich half is roughly shaped like a triangle. If you want to know who among your friends picked up the bigger sandwich, you need to find the area of that triangle.

The area of any triangle comes from just two things: its base and its height.

The base can...

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