document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=66290>Question 66290</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi. I am helping my girlfriend do her homework and i just cant seem to figure this one out.  We did just fine on all the others...but anyway: If the height of a triangle with a base of 8 inches is tripled, its area is increased by 96 square inches.  Find the height of the triangle.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for your help!!! :) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Lets thinks of a right triangle:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = 0.5bh<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Before:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = 4h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 3h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = 12h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The original triangle's area was increased by 96 square inches after tripling the height.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4h + 96 = 12h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 = 8h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 = h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height before tripling was 12 inches. </SPAN>\n" );
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