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Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (0,0), (12, 9) and (14, 6).
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The simplest way to find this is to put a rectangle around the given triangle and then subtract off the areas of the right triangles that surround it. (See Figure) The area of the entire rectangle is 126, but after subtracting the areas of the 3 right triangles, whose areas are 54, 3, and 42, we are left with an area of 27.
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The simplest way to find this is to put a rectangle around the given triangle and then subtract off the areas of the right triangles that surround it. (See Figure) The area of the entire rectangle is 126, but after subtracting the areas of the 3 right triangles, whose areas are 54, 3, and 42, we are left with an area of 27.
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