A triangle has an area of 60in2. Its base is 10 inches and its height is √x inches. What is the value of x? What is the height of the triangle? Please show all work that you use to determine your answer. (Hint: The formula for the area of a triangle is A= 1/2bh where b=base and h=height)

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A triangle has an area of 60in2. Its base is 10 inches and its height is √x inches. What is the value of x? What is the height of the triangle? Please show all work that you use to determine your answer.  (Hint: The formula for the area of a triangle is A= 1/2bh where b=base and h=height)

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

A= 1/2bh

60 = 1/2*10*sqrt(x)

60*2 = 10*sqrt(x)

10*sqrt(x) = 120

Keep going to solve for x

anonymous · Answer

the base is 10 in, the height is 12 in @jim_thompson5910

anonymous · Answer

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

the height is 12, so what is x?

anonymous · Answer

12? @jim_thompson5910

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

the height is sqrt(x)

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

you found the height to be 12, so the two are equal, ie

sqrt(x) = 12

so x must be what?

anonymous · Answer

10? ahaha i suck at everything .. :/

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

don't say that