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A sail is in the form of a right triangle that is three times as high as it is wide. The sail is made from 6 square meters of material. What is the height? Remember a=1/2 bh
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A sail is in the form of a right triangle that is three times as high as it is wide. The sail is made from 6 square meters of material. What is the height? Remember a=1/2 bh

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It is 9.

You can get this by using the formula provided and setting the base as x and the height as 3x. This gives you an x value of 3 and thus a height of 9.
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The base: 2
The height: 3
2*3=6
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