SOLUTION: If the height of a triangle is half the length of its base, and the area of the triangle is 12.25 cm squared. What is the hieght?
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Question 1023955: If the height of a triangle is half the length of its base, and the area of the triangle is 12.25 cm squared. What is the hieght?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the height of a triangle is half the length of its base, and the area of the triangle is 12.25 cm squared. What is the height?
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base = 2x
height = x
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Area = (1/2)base*height
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12.25 = (1/2)(2x)x
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25 = 3x^2
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x = 5/sqrt(3) = (5/3)sqrt(3)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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