SOLUTION: The sum of the base and the height of a triangle is 192 in. The height is twice the base. What is the base and height?
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Question 311609: The sum of the base and the height of a triangle is 192 in. The height is twice the base. What is the base and height? Answer by Miceandwine(15) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The sum of the base and the height of a triangle is 192 in. The height is twice the base. What is the base and height?
Okay. So first off, let's set up an equation; X will stand for the base.
x+2x=192 So as you can see, the 2x stands for the height. Now combine like terms.
3x=192 Now divide both sides by three
x=62 (in) And that's the base! The height is 124 in, because it is twice the base.
I hope this helped!
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