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Exercises 4.2: Critical Thinking Different Words, Same Question

This document contains exercises related to finding the areas of triangles. It includes: 1) A critical thinking question about whether any side of a triangle can be labeled as the base. 2) Identical word problems asking for the area and distance around a triangle. 3) 10 practice problems calculating the area of various triangles using the 1/2 base x height formula. 4) An error analysis question describing a mistake in finding the area of one triangle. 5) An estimate for the area of a cottonwood leaf with measurements. 6) A shelf shaped as a triangle is given, and the user is asked to find its area using the base and height.

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Exercises 4.2: Critical Thinking Different Words, Same Question

This document contains exercises related to finding the areas of triangles. It includes: 1) A critical thinking question about whether any side of a triangle can be labeled as the base. 2) Identical word problems asking for the area and distance around a triangle. 3) 10 practice problems calculating the area of various triangles using the 1/2 base x height formula. 4) An error analysis question describing a mistake in finding the area of one triangle. 5) An estimate for the area of a cottonwood leaf with measurements. 6) A shelf shaped as a triangle is given, and the user is asked to find its area using the base and height.

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4.

2 Exercises
Help with Homework

1. CRITICAL THINKING Can any side of a triangle be labeled as its base? Explain.
2. DIFFERENT WORDS, SAME QUESTION Which is different? Find “both” answers.

What is the area What is the distance


5 5
of the triangle? around the triangle? 3

8
How many unit What is one-half the
squares fit in product of the base
the triangle? and the height?

6)=3
9+(- 3)=
3+(- 9)=
4+(- =
1)
9+(-

Find the area of the triangle.


1 3. 4. 5.
5 ft
54 in.
4 cm 16 ft

60 in.
3 cm

6. 7. 30 cm 8. 33 m

8m
22 yd 14 yd

75 cm

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9. ERROR ANALYSIS Describe and correct the
1
error in finding the area of the triangle. A = —(10)(13)
12 m 2
10 m
13 m = 65 m2

10. COTTONWOOD LEAF Estimate the area of the cottonwood leaf.

4 in.
5 in. 11. CORNER SHELF A shelf has the shape of a triangle. The base
of the shelf is 36 centimeters, and the height is 18 centimeters.
Find the area of the shelf.

162 Chapter 4 Areas of Polygons

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