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Super easy please help me! The area of a triangle is 6 square feet. The base is 3 times the height. What is the base of the triangle?

Super easy please help me! The area of a triangle is 6 square feet. The base is 3 times-example-1

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18 ft im sorry if its wrong i tried

User Javier Querol
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Let H be the height of the triangle. We don't know what the value of H is, but we know that the base is 3*H, or three times the height.


Multiply the height and base, then divide by 2, to get the area 6. Solve for H


(base)*(height)/2 = area

(3*H)*(H)/2 = 6

(3H^2)/2 = 6

3H^2 = 6*2

3H^2 = 12

H^2 = 12/3

H^2 = 4

H = sqrt(4)

H = 2


The height is H = 2 so the base is 3*H = 3*2 = 6


Answer is choice A) 6 ft

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