Question

The area of a triangle is 32 square inches. The height of the triangle is 8 inches. What is the length of the base if the triangle

Answer 1

8 inches

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is found using A = 1/2b*h. Substitute A = 32 and h = 8. Then simplify and use inverse operations to solve for the base.

A = 1/2b*h

32 = 1/2*b*8

32 = 4b

8 = b

The base is 8 inches.