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Find the area of a triangle

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The complete triangle data is given in words below

For this item, use the base and perpendicular height

Triangle XYZ is a triangle with vertices X, Y and Z

Side \(XY\) is the base and is 71.5 cm. Side \(XZ\) is the perpendicular height and is 62.4 cm. The right angle \(YXZ=90^{\circ}\) is at vertex \(X\), between rays \(XY\) and \(XZ\). The remaining sloping side \(YZ\) is 94.9 cm

Find the area in cm²

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Choose the valid area-rule setup

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What is the area of the triangle, rounded to 1 decimal place?

Format: 1 d.p.