Question

The area of a triangle is 12 square units. The base of the triangle is 4 units. What is the height of the triangle in units?

Answer 1

6 =h

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is given by

A = 1/2 bh

12 = 1/2 (4) h

12 =2h

Divide each side by 2

12/2 = 2h/2

6 =h