Question

The area of the following equilateral triangle is 62.4 square feet? What is its height?

All the sides are 12 ft.

A) 10.4 ft
B) 12 ft
C) 5.2 ft
D) 2.6 ft

Answer 1

Area = .5 * Height * Base62.4 / (.5 * 12) = Height
Height = 10.4 feet***********************************************************************

Answer 2

The formula for finding the area of a triangle is (base/2) x height
Base =12
(12/2) x height=62.4
6 x height = 62.4
Height = 62.4/6
Height = 10.4

A) is your answer