A right triangle has sides of lengths 18 , 24 , and 30 units. What is the area of the triangle? Draw the shape on a grid to help find the area.

216

Step-by-step explanation:The formula to find the area of a triangle is Length times Base divided by 2. The length of the triangle could be 18 or 24, but that doesn’t matter. The base could also be 18 or 24, but that also doesn’t matter, because the hypotenuse (the longest part of a right triangle, in this case being 30), is not a part of the formula. 18 times 24 is 432, and 432 divided by 2 is 216. So the area is 216

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.