HELP AND YOU GET A MEDAL!!! Picture Attached!
What is the value of b in the triangle shown below?

–4 in.
4 in.
±4 in.
There is no solution.

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HELP AND YOU GET A MEDAL!!! Picture Attached!
What is the value of b in the triangle shown below?  

 
–4 in.
4 in.
±4 in.
There is no solution.

anonymous · Answer

here

saifoo.khan · Answer

You can solve this atleast,
Use the area formula,

Area= 0.5 * b *h
 24  = 0.5* b*3b

Now, solve for b.

anonymous · Answer

4

agreene · Answer

geometry undefined, im going to assume this is projected hyperbolic geometry, and say that because phi is not defined this is impossible to solve.

anonymous · Answer

does anyone else agree with the above statement ^

agreene · Answer

im sure they don't... i cant imagine you're doing anything but Euclidian Planar Geometry, so what saifoo and thangiee said are accurate.

anonymous · Answer

so it is 4? i'm sorry if what your saying is simple i am very horrible at math

agreene · Answer

its 4. if you solve what saifoo said, you'll find 4 and -4 to be possible answers, but since area cant be negative, it must be 4