SOLUTION: The formula for the area A of a triangle is A equals 1 half b h where b is the base and h is the height. Solve the formula for h and write a reason for each step. Then find the

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Question 911019: The formula for the area A of a triangle is A equals 1 half b h where b is the base and h is the height. Solve the formula for h and write a reason for each step. Then find the height of a triangle whose area is 1768 square inches and whose base is 52 inches.
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area A of a triangle is A equals 1 half b h

That should be A=(1/2)bh, if expressing in plain text; or will appear A=%281%2F2%29bh, when the rendering tags are used. The rendering tags are triple left curly brackets and triple right curly brackets.

You wanted to solve the formula for h.
A=%281%2F2%29bh, given.
A%282%2F1%29%281%2Fb%29=h, Multiplicative Inverse Property.
highlight%282A%2Fb=h%29, simplification, commutative property of multiplication included.

To find the answer to the last question, just substitute the given values and evaluate.