Question

What is the height of the triangle if the area is thirty-five square meters?

Answer 1

i just put it up there

Answer 2

confused
what is the 14 in this picture?

Answer 3

I think it is the base

Answer 4

that is what i am mostly confused about

Answer 5

http://www.mathsisfun.com/area.html

Answer 6

you need to find its height using Pythagoras Theorem

Answer 7

i am confused, because if 14 is the base, the picture has 14 larger than 15
if 14 is not the base, i am not sure h how to find the base

Answer 8

if 14 is the base, it is easy
area is one half base times height, so
\[35=\frac{1}{2}14\times h=7\times h\] making \[h=\frac{35}{7}=5\]

Answer 9

Area of a triangle = 12×base×height
35=12×14×h

Answer 10

but i don't see how the base can be 14, as it is smaller than the side that has length 15 !!

Answer 11

i am so confused about that to @satellite73 @EmmaMoer can you explain