Question

The area of of a triangle is 56 m² give all possible sets of whole number dimensions for the base and height ot the triangle

Answer 1

`\bf \textit{area of a triangle}\\\\ A=\cfrac{1}{2}bh~~ \begin{cases} b=base\\ h=height\\ \cline{1-1} A=56 \end{cases}\implies 56=\cfrac{1}{2}bh\implies 112=bh \\\\\\ \boxed{112=2\cdot 2\cdot 2\cdot 2\cdot 7}\to \begin{cases} 16\cdot 7\\ 8\cdot 14\\ 4\cdot 28\\ 2\cdot 56 \end{cases}\qquad or\qquad \begin{cases} 7 \cdot 16\\ 14 \cdot 8\\ 28 \cdot 4\\ 56 \cdot 2 \end{cases}`

so their product is 112, so tis just a matter of doing some quick prime factoring and combining the factors about.