SOLUTION: Please help me solve this Word Problem. I can't seem to even figure out how to begin this problem. If the height of a triangle with a base of 6 inches is tripled, its area is incre
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Question 397524: Please help me solve this Word Problem. I can't seem to even figure out how to begin this problem. If the height of a triangle with a base of 6 inches is tripled, its area is increased by 24 square inches. Find the height of the triangle.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a triangle is the base times the height divided by 2. So the area of your triangle BEFORE you triple the height is:
If you add 24 to the area, you triple the height:
Which can be written:
Now that we have two different expressions that both equal A, set them equal to each other.
Just solve for 
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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