What is the area of a triangle with a base of 12 cm and a height of 8 cm?

Solution:

Area of triangle:
$ \text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height} $

$ = \frac{1}{2} \times 12 \times 8 $

$ = 6 \times 8 = 48 $

Final Answer: 48 cm²