2005 iTest Problems/Problem 9
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Problem
Find the area of the triangle with vertices of 
, 
, and 
.
Solution 1
Since and are collinear, let that be the base. It therefore has length 8. The distance from to this line is the same as the distance from 
to 
, which is equal to 4. The area of this triangle is 
.
