SOLUTION: How do i find the base and corresponding height of a triangle?

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Question 264830: How do i find the base and corresponding height of a triangle?
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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first off you need more information about the triangle to figure out the base or height.
for example: a triangle with an area given like 36 and say the base is double its height. then using the triangle area formula %281%2F2%29bh=a
then a=36 b=2h solve for h
%281%2F2%29bh=a
%281%2F2%29%282h%29h=36
%281%2F2%292h%5E2=36
h%5E2=36
sqrt%28h%5E2%29=sqrt%2836%29
h=6 height equals 6
b=2h
b=2%286%29
b=12 base equals 12