triangle with right angle, base 1, height 2 different triangle with base 1 and height 2 third triangle with base 1 and height 2

All these triangles have a base of 1 unit and a height of 2 units.
What can you say about the areas of these triangles in the same family?
Can you generalise to other "families" of triangles?

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