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?

Question 311574: 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?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, rfer:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let height be x meters
base = 1/3 x
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area of traingle = 1/2 * base * height
= 1/2 * 1/3 *x *x
=x^2/6 sq. meters
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x*3x=48
3x^2=48
x^2=16
x=4 meters
3x=12 meters
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