A piece of a tile is in the shape of a right triangle. The base is 112 centimeters and the height is 212 centimeters. What is the area in square centimeters?(1 point) Responses:
8 square centimeters
3 3/4 square centimeters
1 7/8 square centimeters
4 square centimeters
The formula for finding the area of a right triangle is 1/2 * base * height.
Plugging in the values given:
1/2 * 112 cm * 212 cm = 112 * 106 = 11,872 square centimeters
Therefore, the area of the right triangle is 11,872 square centimeters.