SOLUTION: The area of a triangle with height 5 inches is equal to the area of a certain rectangle of length 10 inches and width 7 inches. What is the base of the triangle?
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Question 323639: The area of a triangle with height 5 inches is equal to the area of a certain rectangle of length 10 inches and width 7 inches. What is the base of the triangle? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! length of rectangle = 10
width of rectangle =7
Area = 70 sq.in
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Area of triangle = 1/2 * base * h
h = 5 in
Area =70
base = area *2 / h
base = 70*2/5
=14*2
= 28 inches height
