SOLUTION: The base of a triangle is one half as long as its height. If the area of the triangle is 144 square meters, find its height.

Question 958804: The base of a triangle is one half as long as its height. If the area of the triangle is 144 square meters, find its height.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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h=height; b=base=(1/2)h; A=area=144 sq m
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Substitute for b.

Multiply each side by 4.
Find the square root of each side.
Put in value for A.

ANSWER: The height of the triangle is 24 meters.
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