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What is the height of a triangle when the area is 36 cm and the base is 6 cm

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The height of the triangle is 20 cm.
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Answer:

h = 12 cm

Explanation:

Use the formula for area of a triangle A = (1/2)bh, where b is the base, and h is the height.

Plug in the given information of A = 36, and b = 6, then solve for h

36 = (1/2)(6)h

36 = 3h (one half of 6 is 3 (1/2)(6) = 3 )

12 = h (divide both sides by 3 to isolate h)

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