A sail on a sailboat is in the shape of a triangle. The area of the sail is 128 ft² and the base of the sail is 16 ft. What is the height of the sail?

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asked Mar 19, 2018 180k views

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Knowbody · Answer 1 · 2018-03-23T05:54:59+0000

Formula for area of a triangle:
A =
(1)/(2)

* base * height

You are already given two out of three variables of the formula.

128 =
(1)/(2)

* 16 * height

Multiply 2 to both side and divide both side by 16

(128 * 2)/(16)

= height