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An illustration shows a 10 by 10 grid. A non-right triangle is enclosed within the grid. The first vertex is at the top of row 2 and the right of column 6. The second vertex is at the top of row 8 and the right of column 1. The third vertex is at the top of row 10 and right of column 10.
What is the area of the non-right triangle? The base and height are found by counting the squares.
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The area is
square units.
The base of the triangle is 5 units (from column 6 to column 10) and the height is 2 units (from row 2 to row 10).
Therefore, the area of the triangle is (1/2) * base * height = (1/2) * 5 * 2 = 5 square units.