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The area of a triangle is 299 square centimeters. The length of the base is 46 centimeters. What is the height of the triangle? 6.5 centimeters 13 centimeters 126.5 centimeters 92 centimeters

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Answer:

13 cm

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User Eric Patrick
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$$\begin{matrix} 299=(1)/(2)\left(46\right)h\\\\(1)/(2)\left(46\right)h=299\\\\23h=299\\\\(23h)/(23)=(299)/(23)\\\\h=13\\\\h=\mathbf{13cm} \end{matrix}$$
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