Question

The area of the triangle below is 14.96 square inches.
What is the length of the base?

Answer 1

Base of the triangle is 6.8 inches

Answer 2

base = 6.8 in

Explanation:

area of triangle = 1/2 base height

where height = 4.4 in

area = 14.96 in²

plugin values into the formula

14.96 = 1/2 base (4.4)

base = 14.96 (2)

4.4

base = 6.8 in