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If the area of a triangle is 12.15 and the height is 4.5 what is the base?

User Josh Bodah
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5.4

To find the area of a triangle, the formula is base times height times 1/2. You are just going in reverse. So 12.15 times 2 is 24.3. Divided by 4.5 is 5.4.
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