SOLUTION: The area of a triangle is 42cm squared. If one base is 12cm, what is the height relative to that base?

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Question 224568: The area of a triangle is 42cm squared. If one base is 12cm, what is the height relative to that base?
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The area of a triangle is 42cm squared. If one base is 12cm, what is the height relative to that base?

Step 1. Area A of a triangle is given as A=bh%2F2 where b is the base and h is the height.

Step 2. Then A=42=12h%2F2.

Step 3. Solving for h yields the following steps

Divide by 6 to both sides of the equation

42=6h

42%2F6=6h%2F6

h=7

Step 4. ANSWER: The height is 7 cm.

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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