Find the area of the triangle with vertices (1, 0), (2, 2), and (4, 3)

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The following is a formula to find Area of a Triangle with with vertices (x, y1) , (x2,y2) and (x3,y3) involving matrix determinant. In the formula, the symbol + over -. indicates that the appropriate sign should be chosen to yield a positive area

Area = +- 1/2

x1 y1 1
x2 y2 1
x3 y3 1

Find the area of the triangle with vertices (1, 0), (2, 2), and (4, 3) using this formula.

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