Use the image to answer the question.

7 cm
9 cm
What is the area in square centimeters of the triangle pictured here? (1 point
cm?

The area of a triangle can be calculated using the formula: area = 1/2 * base * height.

In this case, the base of the triangle is 7 cm and the height is 9 cm.

Plugging these values into the formula, we get:

area = 1/2 * 7 cm * 9 cm = 31.5 cm²

Therefore, the area of the triangle pictured here is 31.5 square centimeters.