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What is the Formula for the Area of a Triangle? Instructional Video

What is the Formula for the Area of a Triangle? Instructional Video

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What is the Formula for the Area of a Triangle?

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The teacher explains how the formula for a triangle was determined. It is related to a parallelogram. What? The formula for the area of a triangle is derived from the area of a parallelogram? Seeing is believing, so watch this video to see the explanation.

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area, formulas, height, measurement, parallelograms, polygons, quadrilaterals, triangles

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area, base, formula, height, parallelogram, triangle, math

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6th - 12th

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5:20

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Flipped Classroom

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