The area of a triangle is 24 square inches. What is the height of the triangle if the base length is 8 inches?
6 inches
8 inches
12 inches
16 inches

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The area of a triangle is 24 square inches. What is the height of the triangle if the base length is 8 inches?
6 inches
8 inches
12 inches
16 inches

anonymous · Answer

@TheSmartOne

anonymous · Answer

@aaronq

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

if the area of a triangle is 1/2bh, then we could plug in the values that we already know and solve for height

anonymous · Answer

1/2 * 8 * 24

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

$A=\frac{1}{2}bh$
$24=\frac{1}{2}8 *h$
yep c:

anonymous · Answer

so its 16

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

i mean...sort of :P
you don't multiply all three

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

no you solve this:

$24=\frac{1}{2}8 * h$

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

its not 16 btw

anonymous · Answer

half of 8 is 4

anonymous · Answer

so i multiply 4 by 24

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

right... so you need to divide both sides by 4.

$24=\frac{1}{2}8*h$
24=4h
/4   /4

h=6

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

no you divide 24 by 4. See my process up there? it's like you're solving an equation :)

anonymous · Answer

oh ok

anonymous · Answer

i need more help on a few mor questions if that is ok (: @Jamierox4ev3r

jamierox4ev3r · Answer

sure. Just be sure to medal and close this question, since posts get laggy for me after a while :)

anonymous · Answer

ok

anonymous · Answer

i tagged you in the next question @Jamierox4ev3r