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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 1 and the right of column 6. The second vertex is at the top of row 7 and the right of column 1. The third vertex is at the top of row 7 and the right of column 9.
What is the area of the non-right triangle? The base and height are found by counting the squares.
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24 square units
24 square units
48 square units
48 square units
64 square units
64 square units
32 square units
32 square units
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The base of the triangle is 8 units (from column 1 to column 9) and the height of the triangle is 6 units (from row 1 to row 7).
Therefore, the area of the triangle is (1/2)(8)(6) = 24 square units.
So the correct answer is
24 square units