The area of a triangle is 12×base×height
The base and the height of a triangle are in the ratio 4 : 5. If the area of the triangle is 40 m2; find its base and height.
Let base be 4x m and height be 5x m.
∴12×4x×5x=40.
The area of a triangle with base band height his given by12bh. Find the area of the triangle whose base=5cm,height=12cm