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Area of a Triangle
The area of a triangle measures the amount of surface it encloses. Computing it requires knowing a base () and the corresponding height (). The height is a perpendicular segment drawn from the base to the opposite vertex, forming a angle with the base. The formula is: In words, the area of a triangle equals one-half the product of its base and its height.
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