SOLUTION: how do you find the base and height of a triangle if the area is 338 and the hieght is 4 times the base?

Question 310727: how do you find the base and height of a triangle if the area is 338 and the hieght is 4 times the base?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, JBarnum:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how do you find the base and height of a triangle if the area is 338 and the height is 4 times the base?
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Area = (1/2)bh
338 = (1/2)x(4x)
676 = 4x^2
x^2 = 169
x = 13
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by JBarnum(2146) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A=338
A=(1/2)bh
h=4b

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