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A triangular sail has base 3 m and perpendicular height 250 cm. Find its area in square metres.

Class 7Perimeter and AreaPerimeter and Area
  • A375
  • B3.75
  • C7.5
  • D750

Step-by-Step Solution

Convert to one unit first: 250 cm = 2.5 . Mixing metres with centimetres gives , which is neither nor ; dropping the gives 7.5.
Answer: B) 3.75

Key idea: Triangle area

**Area of a triangle = ½ × base × height.**

The base is any side you choose; the height is the perpendicular distance from that base to the opposite vertex (NOT the slant length of another side). For a right triangle, the two legs that meet at the right angle ARE the base and height.

Example: triangle with base 6 cm and height 4 cm. Area = ½ × .

The perimeter of a triangle is just the sum of its three sides — no formula needed.

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