Triangle and Rectangle Area Comparison

Hard Quantitative Comparisons Geometry Comparisons

Consider two distinct geometric figures:

Figure 1 is a triangle with a base of 10 units and a height of 6 units. Calculate the area of this triangle using the formula for the area of a triangle: $$A = \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height}.$$

Figure 2 is a rectangle with a length of 8 units and a width of 7 units. Calculate the area of this rectangle using the formula for the area of a rectangle: $$A = \text{length} \times \text{width}.$$

Compare the areas of the two figures.

The area of the triangle is greater than the area of the rectangle.

The area of the triangle is less than the area of the rectangle.

The area of the triangle is equal to the area of the rectangle.

The area of both figures cannot be determined from the information provided.

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