Triangles and rectangles

This task is about the area of two triangles and two rectangles.

Question

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The two rectangles above have the same area.
 
a)  Which of these statements is true about  triangle X and triangle Y?

    • The area of triangle X is larger than the area of triangle Y.

    • The area of triangle X is the same as the area of triangle Y.

    • The area of triangle X is smaller than the area of triangle Y.

    • The area of triangle X may be larger than, equal to, or smaller than the area of triangle Y.

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