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The area of the triangle below is one quarter

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square meters. What is the length of the base? Express your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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The length of the base of the triangle is 5/4 meters.

How to get length of the base

Area = (1/2) * base * height

Given information: The area is one-quarter square meters (1/4) and the height is 2/5 meters.

Solving for the base:

Area = 1/2 * base * height

1/4 = 1/2 * base * 2/5

Divide both side with 4.

1 = 2 * base * 2/5

Multiply side with 5/2

1 * (5/2) = 2 * base * (2/5) * (5/2)

(5/2) = base * 2

(5/2) / 2 = base

(5/2) / 2 = base

Base = 5/4.

Note: The full question is attached below

The area of the triangle below is one quarter 4 1 ​ square meters. What is the length-example-1
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