Dominick drew a triangle on a map connecting his house, his school, and his favorite skate park. He used a scale on the map to determine that the height of the triangle that he drew represented 2 miles, and the base of the triangle that he drew represented 6 miles. What is the area of the triangle in square miles?

A triangle has points House, skate park, school. The height of the triangle is 2 miles and the base is 6 miles.

Use the formula for the area of a triangle, A = one-half b h, where A is the area of the triangle, b is the base, and h is the height.


Square miles