Question

Check my area answer?

Answer 1

drawing. one sec..

Answer 2

Area= 42.25
x= 6.5

Answer 3

The area isn't 42.25

Answer 4

if it helps, you can rotate the triangle so that the side length of 5 is the base (making 12 the height)

Answer 5

Okay, so the area is 30. Is x right? @jim_thompson5910

Answer 6

correct

Answer 7

how can you use this to find x?

Answer 8

I am unsure. Could you help me?

Answer 9

refer back to the original triangle

Answer 10

what is the base?
what is the height?

Answer 11

The base is 5 and the height is 12.

Answer 12

no focus on this orientation

Answer 13

13 runs along the ground (once again)

Answer 14

so 13 is the base, and x is the height?

Answer 15

yes