Question

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Solve the word problem.

The base of a triangle with height h and area A is given by the formula b = 2A/h

What is the base of a triangle with area 17 cm2 and height 5 cm?

A.
3.4 cm

B.
3.8 cm

C.
6.8 cm

D.
11 cm

Answer 1

First plug in the numerical values

Answer 2

Omg, you're poop xD

Answer 3

xD sowwy luigi :3

Answer 4

wat would that be ?

Answer 5

\[b = 2\frac{ 17 }{ 5 }\]

Answer 6

ook

Answer 7

So can you solve that?

Answer 8

do i need to div?

Answer 9

yes a fraction means divide :)

Answer 10

\[2\frac{ 17 }{ 5 }\]

Answer 11

is ....

Answer 12

wait how would i div \[2\frac{ 17 }{ 5 }\]

Answer 13

that make no scene to me

Answer 14

Think of it like this:\[2(\frac{ 17 }{ 5 })\]

Answer 15

You need to divide the 17/5 first

Answer 16

ok

Answer 17

i go 3.4

Answer 18

Did you get the answer @Jamielynne ?

Answer 19

Perfect, so now you do:\[2(3.4)\]

Answer 20

yes i did @JA1

Answer 21

uummmmmm.....

Answer 22

idk

Answer 23

uum let me c/think

Answer 24

sorry i crashed, anyways did you get it?

Answer 25

wat i dont get wat u said?

Answer 26

My internet crashed,

Answer 27

o mine to

Answer 28

ya the serve must be at peak, anyways did you get what 2(3.4) is?

Answer 29

yes ty

Answer 30

oh ok np glad to help :)

Answer 31

I have to disagree with you because to find the area of a triangle you have to find the base and height and divide by 2 or multiply by 1/2 and if the base is 3.4 like you previously stated it would be 3.4*5=17 and then you would have to divide by 2 or multiply by 1/2 and you would get 8.5cm2 as the area. As you can see this wouldn't match the area given to you. This is why I disagree but since this is a year old it wouldn't matter if I explained to you what the answer is and it would help other viewers to understand as well. So the correct answer is 6.8. I say this because you focused on it being half and half of 6.8 is 3.4 but that 3.4 is not correct. Someone can simply put 6.8 because I said so and it makes since but you should understand how I got this answer. So 6.8*5=34 and 34/2 or 34*1/2 is 17 which would give you the triangle's area of 17cm2. So as proven the answer is actually C)6.8. Brought to you by a fangirl of Heroes of Olympus.