Answer
16 square units
Work Step by Step
The area $A$ of a triangle can be found using the formula:
$A=0.5bh$
where
b = base
h = height
The given triangle has:
base = 8 units
height = 4 units
Substitute the values into the formula for area above to obtain:
$A=0.5(8)(4) = 16 \text{ square units}$
