A sail is in the form of a right triangle that is three times as high as it is wide. The sail is made from 24 square meters of material. WHAT IS ITS HEIGHT???
Remember...a=1/2bh

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A sail is in the form of a right triangle that is three times as high as it is wide. The sail is made from 24 square meters of material. WHAT IS ITS HEIGHT???
Remember...a=1/2bh

anonymous · Answer

Use pythogorean theorem i guess.

anonymous · Answer

dont know what that means lol

anonymous · Answer

area, A = 24 = (1/2)bh

and the problem tells you that height is 3 times width (which is base), so h = 3w = 3b

anonymous · Answer

? h=3w=3b?

anonymous · Answer

??????? that doesnt make sense to me can you help me more with how to solve that again ugh

anonymous · Answer

Area = 0.5 * Base * Height

The question tells you that the height is 3 times the base. substitute what you know into the equation and you should only have one variable left. Solve for that variable.

anonymous · Answer

|dw:1348814661954:dw|   Area=1/2 (x) (3x) =3/2 x^2 =24 --->x^2=16...x=4...height =3x...

anonymous · Answer

@elizabeth.a.fairweather do you get it

anonymous · Answer

@elizabeth.a.fairweather  height =3x =12

anonymous · Answer

yes that does make sense thank you