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Mathematics knowledge · Difficulty 3

Try this ASVAB-style question.

Choose your answer before opening the explanation. This original practice item is for preparation and does not reproduce an official test question.

Question

What is the area of a triangle with base 8 and height 5?

  1. 17 square units
  2. 25 square units
  3. 20 square units
  4. 22 square units
Reveal answer and explanation

20 square units

Triangle area is 1/2 × base × height, which gives 20.