L(7-2) Solve Triangle Area
Problems
I can…
•find the areas of triangles, including right triangles.
•find the corresponding base or height of a triangle.
Warm up
A parallelogram is a quadrilateral where the
opposite sides are congruent and parallel.
A rectangle is a type of parallelogram, but
we often see parallelograms that are not
rectangles (parallelograms without right
angles).
Area of a Parallelogram
Any side of a parallelogram can be
considered a base. The height of a
parallelogram is the perpendicular distance
between opposite bases.
The area formula is A=bh
A=bh
A=5(3) 2
A=15m
Area of a Triangle
Given a right triangle
What polygon
is this?
A Rectangle
Make a similar triangle,
flip it and put both triangles
next to each other
We can use the formula for area of a
rectangle
toTwo the formula for area
find triangles We of a to
want triangle.
find half of
make the area of the rectangle.
one rectangle.
bh
height A=bh h A=
2
base b
What is the formula for
We ÷2 since we are
the area of a
finding half of the area.
triangle?
How do you find the area of the parallelogram?
bh 1
height
h A= A= bh
2 2
base
Notice when we put two right triangles together
it made a rectangle. When we put two isosceles
triangles together it made a parallelogram.
We are still finding half the area so we divideby2.
Given an isosceles triangle
Make a similar triangle,
How do you find the area of the parallelogram?
bh 1
height
h A= A= bh
2 2
base
Notice when we put two right triangles together
it made a rectangle. When we put two isosceles
triangles together it made a parallelogram.
We are still finding half the area so we divideby2.
5 cm 6 cm
3 cm
9 cm
bh
A=
2
Example: Find the area?
h
b
Q3:
b
Q4:
