SOLUTION: Hello i need help with this problem please. It says a triangle is 18 inches wide and 3 inches tall. if it is reduced to a width of 6 inches then how tall will it be? me and my dad

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Question 397669: Hello i need help with this problem please. It says a triangle is 18 inches wide and 3 inches tall. if it is reduced to a width of 6 inches then how tall will it be? me and my dad tried working on it but we got a weird looking triangle and it doesn't seem right
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, ankor@dixie-net.com:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
18 wide is to 3 tall as 6 wide is to X tall.

inch tall

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It says a triangle is 18 inches wide and 3 inches tall.
if it is reduced to a width of 6 inches then how tall will it be?
:
If the triangles are similar (same angles) the relationship between the sides
remains the same; let h = the height of the reduced triangle
=
cross multiply
18h = 18
h = 1 inch tall