Question

The triangle show above has an area of 32 units2. Find the missing side.

Answer 1

The height is also 8 units long

Explanation:

since the area is 32 and length times base divided by 2 32 times 2 is 64 and is also 8 times 8.

Answer 2

x = 8

Explanation:

The area of a triangle can be determined using:

A = (1/2)*b*h

Given the base length and area, we can solve for the height, or in this case, x.

32 = (1/2)*8*h (Simplify the RHS)

32 = 4*h (Divide both sides by 4)

8 = h

x = 8 (since h was the height, represented by x)