SOLUTION: The height of a triangle is 2 times the base. The area is 36 square inches.Find the base.

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Question 684308: The height of a triangle is 2 times the base. The area is 36 square inches.Find the base.
Answer by RonJonPhysics(8) About Me  (Show Source):
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Area of a triangle: 1/2bh
The height, in this equation, can be substitued as 2b.
So our new equation is 1/2(3b) = 36 square inches
Distribute the 1/2 to each side and it becomes: 3b=18.
Base = 6. Height = 12