SOLUTION: Jeremy bought a piece of fabric that has an area of 1,296 in squared he cut it in half diagonally to make equal triangles. One of the triangles has a height of 24 inches. How long
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Question 1127212: Jeremy bought a piece of fabric that has an area of 1,296 in squared he cut it in half diagonally to make equal triangles. One of the triangles has a height of 24 inches. How long is the base?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What we know:
we have 2 identical triangles
their combined areas are 1296in^2
the height of each triangle is 24
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2B x 2H = 1296
2B x 2(24) = 1296
2B x 48 = 1296
2B = 27
B = 13.5
Check:
2B x 2H = 1296
2(13.5) x 2(24) = 1296
27 x 48 = 1296 Correct
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