Question

The base of a triangle is 4 inches and the area is 20 square inches. What is the height?

Answer 1

Area of a triangle,A is 1/2 B H where B is the base and H is the height
B= 4 and A = 20
20 = 1/2(4)(H)
Solve for H

Answer 2

what did you get?

Answer 3

Ummmm 2

Answer 4

how do you let H alone be on one side of the equation?

Answer 5

20 = 2H

Answer 6

So the height is 10? idk

Answer 7

A = 1/2 BH can be changed to A/(1/2)B = H

Answer 8

yes
check 1/2 (4)(10) = 20

Answer 9

10 is correct

Answer 10

Got it! Thank you both :)

Answer 11

welcome