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Find the area of the triangle formed by the points

(0, 0), (3, 0) and (0, 2)

(0, 0), (3, 0) and (0, 2)


Area of triangle =


x1 = 0, x2 = 3 and x3 = 0


y1 = 0, y2 = 0 and y3 = 2






= 3sq. units


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