Question

What is the height of a
triangle with area 893 square
inches and base 38 inches?

Answer 1

47

Explanation:

Start by drawing the figure and labeling it with the given information. We are looking for the height of a triangle. The formula for the area of a triangle is A=12bh, where b is the length of the base and h is the height of the triangle. Substituting in the given information and solving for h, we find

A8938931947=12bh=12(38)(h)=h=h

The height is 47 inches.

Answer 2

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