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No — calculators are banned in the TMUA. TMUA-P1-MGEO-003 is set for a no-calculator target of about 120 seconds; the worked solution shows the fastest by-hand route.

Which TMUA specification point is TMUA-P1-MGEO-003?

TMUA-P1-MGEO-003 is Paper P1 · Geometry (specification code M-Geo), level 1. Drill more of the same topic from this page.

TMUA-P1-MGEO-003 — Paper P1 · Geometry · Level 1

P1M-GeoLevel 1~120s target

Spec: M-Geo · No calculator · ~120s

A triangle has base

10

cm and perpendicular height

6

cm. What is its area in cm

^2

Options

$16$
$30$
$60$
$15$
$32$

Letters only — the answer key is hidden. Work it out, then check the solution below.

Hint (check trope)

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Area

= \frac{1}{2} \times 10 \times 6 = 30

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