Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 72

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Write a mathematical expression for the quantity described verbally.
-The area of a triangle whose altitude is 8 more than its base length $x$

• A) \(\frac { 1 } { 2 } ( x ) ( x - 8 )\)
• B) \(( x ) ( x + 8 )\)
• C) \(\frac { 1 } { 2 } ( x ) ( x + 8 )\)
• D) \(\frac { 1 } { 2 } x ^ { 2 } - 8\)

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