SOLUTION: The area of a triangle is 48cm. If the base of this triangle is 12cm, what is the length of altitude to this base?

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Question 1138608: The area of a triangle is 48cm. If the base of this triangle is 12cm, what is the length of altitude to this base?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The area of a triangle is 48 cm^2. If the base of this triangle is 12cm, what is the length of altitude to this base?
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For any triangle, its area is half the product of the length of any side (b, the base) and the height (h) of the triangle drawn to this side


    S = .


In your case


    48 = ,    or


    48 = 6h,


which gives you


     h = 48/6 = 8 centimeters.    ANSWER

Solved.


Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The area of a triangle is where is base and altitude to the base
if the area of a triangle is , we have

if the base of this triangle is , we have
.....solve for



answer: the length of altitude to this base is


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