SOLUTION: Hello- This is a story problem. there is a picture of a triangle shaded inside of a rectangle, there are no units of measure, just the triangle inside of a rectangle.The triangle

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Question 1054558: Hello-
This is a story problem.
there is a picture of a triangle shaded inside of a rectangle, there are no units of measure, just the triangle inside of a rectangle.The triangle base is as long as the length of the triangle, but appears to be a scalene triangle, and its top vertex touches the top of the rectangle.
Here is the question:
The area of the shaded triangle in the figure at the right is 43 square inches. What is the area of the rectangle?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Triangle area is half the rectangle area, and there is a formula that is helpful.

area of triangle is %281%2F2%29b%2Ah, b for base and h for height.

The upper point of the triangle could be any where on the top segment of the rectangle, even forming a right triangle, if the point is an upper corner of the rectangle.