The area of a triangle is defined as the total space occupied by the three sides of a triangle. In this sub-topic we will learn about the area formulas for different types of triangles along with some examples.

The area of a triangle is the region enclosed within the sides of the triangle. To find the area of a triangle, we apply the method to find the area of rectangles.

There are 24 square units inside. So, the area of the rectangle is 24 square units. the rectangle is divided into two equal right-angled triangles. These are the shaded triangle and the unshaded triangle.

The base of each triangle is 6 units because the length of the rectangle is 6 units. The area of each triangle is half of the area of the rectangle.