The area of triangle formed by the lines $x = 0,y = 0$ and $\frac{x}{a} + \frac{y}{b} = 1$, is

  • A

    $ab$

  • B

    $\frac{{ab}}{2}$

  • C

    $2ab$

  • D

    $\frac{{ab}}{3}$

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