Be sure to show the inequality and all of your work.
The color guard is making new triangular flags that must have a base of 18 inches to fit on their flagpoles. What is the maximum height of the triangular flags, if they want to use a maximum of 180 square inches of cloth?

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The color guard is making new triangular flags that must have a base of 18 inches to fit on their flagpoles. What is the maximum height of the triangular flags, if they want to use a maximum of 180 square inches of cloth?

anonymous · Answer

area is base times height. base is 18 so if height is $h$ you must have $$18h\leq 180$$

anonymous · Answer

solve for $h$ by dividing both sides by 18