document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254173>Question 254173</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the area A of a triangle is 60 square meters and the base b is 20 meters, what it the altitude h?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  2/3 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.  11/2 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.  6 m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. 2/3 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. 11/2 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. 6 m \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the area of the triangle is (b*h)/2  we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(20*h)/2 = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20*h = 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 120/20 = 6  </SPAN>\n" );
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