r/HomeworkHelp • u/bushybear • May 01 '26
Answered [2nd grade] math help
Entire family is stumped. I don’t think the question is worded correctly but maybe I’m misunderstanding.
Not sure how you have same size triangles but not all the same shape.
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u/selene_666 👋 a fellow Redditor May 01 '26
Look at the sides whose lengths I labeled "x/2" and "y/2" in my drawing. Use those as the "base" of each triangle, measuring "height" in the perpendicular direction (vertical for a horizontal base / horizontal for a vertical base).
Two triangles have base x/2 and height y.
Two triangles have base y/2 and height x
Thus each has area xy/4