You work as an assistant to a carpenter who designed the tabletop below. He tells you that each shape is a right triangle, and each is the same size. You now need to calculate the area of one
trlangle so that you can begin building the tabletop. What is the area of each triangle in square
inches?
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20"
1
A. 200 square inches
B. 400 square inches
C. 570 square inches
D. 2,800 square inches
E. 5,600 square inches