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How do you find a missing height in a triangle?

How do you find a missing height in a triangle?-example-1
User Rpkamp
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Use the area formula and solve for the height.

A = 1/2 (b)(h)

46 = 1/2 (10.1)(x)
46 = 5.05x
46/5.05 = x
9.1 = x

The height is 9.1


Hope this helps :)
User DannyD
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I might be wrong but try 46 divided by 10.1?
User Alex Salom
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