SOLUTION: A triangle has an area of 72 square feet and a height of 9 feet? Find the length of its base.
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Question 597725: A triangle has an area of 72 square feet and a height of 9 feet? Find the length of its base.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A = (bh)/2
72 = (b*9)/2
72*2 = 9b
144 = 9b
144/9 = b
16 = b
b = 16
So the base is 16 feet long
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