What is the area of the triangle in square feet , given that each tick mark stands for one inch?
a)0.04 ft^2
b) 0.09 ft^2
c) 7.5 ft^2
d) 15 ft^2

The area of a triangle is

Where is the base and is the height.

So we plug in the numbers:



Remember:  the measurements are in inches (4x3) and not feet.  So the real measurements are and !