Question

A school is painting its logo in the shape of a triangle in the middle of its sports field. The school wants the height of the triangle to be 8 feet. The area of the logo must be less than 24 square feet. (The school doesn't want to buy more paint.) Write an inequality that describes the possible base lengths (in feet) of the triangle.

Answer 1

Possible base lengths are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Explanation:

Area = base x height / 2

Let base be b

b x 8 / 2 < 24 (Area < 24)

4b < 24

b < 6