Question

The area of a triangle is 10 square inches and its height is 5 inches. Find the base.


4 in.

25 in.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The formula for the area of a triangle is: A= bh / 2
To solve for the base, we can just substitute in what we already know.
10 = b5 / 2
Solve this equation like you would any other.
10 = b5 /2
20 = b5
4 = b

Then check your work... :)
10 = 5(4) / 2
10 = 20 / 2
10 = 10

So the base is 4 inches. :) Hope this helped!

Answer 3

thank u