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A TRIANGLE Has a hight of 4 ft and an area of 32 ft whats the lenght of its base.

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A TRIANGLE Has a hight of 4 ft and an area of 32 ft whats the lenght of its base.
asked Mar 5, 2014 in GEOMETRY by chrisgirl Apprentice

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The height (h ) of the triangle is 4 feet and its area (A ) is 32 square feet.

Let x be the base of triangle.

Substitute the values of h = 4 and A = 32 in the triangle area formula : A = 1/2 * base * height.

32 = 1/2 * x * 4.

32 = 2x

16 = x.

The base of the triangle is 16 feet.

 

answered Mar 22, 2014 by friend Mentor

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