Question

the area of a triangle is 80x^5 y^3. the height of the triangle is x^4 y. what is the length of the base of the triangle?

Answer 1

Area = 1/2 x base x height
80x^5 y^3 = 1/2 * base * x^4y
160x^5 y^3 = base * x^4 y
base = 160x^(5-4) y^(3-1) = 160xy^2