Question

The area of the triangle below is 8.64 square inches. What is the length of the base?

Answer 1

4.8

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is half the base times the height.

`0.5*b*3.6=8.64 \\ b = (8.64)/(0.5*3.6)`

Answer 2

Answer: The base is 4.8 sq inches.

Step-by-step explanation: The formula for a triangle is (B x H) x 1/2. Knowing this, we can double 8.64 to nullify the 1/2. This gives us 17.28. 17.28 divided by 3.6 gives us 4.8