SOLUTION: The base of a triangle is one-third as long as its height. If the area of the triangle is 24 square meters, how long is its base?
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Question 316709: The base of a triangle is one-third as long as its height. If the area of the triangle is 24 square meters, how long is its base?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Triangle area is base times height divided by 2. Let 
represent the measure of the base then 
must represent the height.
Can you handle it from here?
John
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