The height of a triangle is 18 inches. What is the length of the base if the area of the triangle is 63 square inches?
2 Answers
Dec 17, 2015
The height is
Explanation:
We know that, for any triangle with base
If the area and the height are known, the base is given by
So, simply substitute your values to have
Jan 21, 2016
ar of triangle =
Explanation:
So we have,
h=18 inches.
ar=63 square inches.
b=?
Sol. ar of triangle=
Therefore,
(So, we know that 2x9=18)
Therefore, we have
so,
Therefore
Ans. The base of the triangle is 7 inches.