Question

A triangle has an area of 25.8 sqaure meters and a height of 8.6 meters. What is the lenght of base?

Answer 1

6 meters

Explanation:

Formula for area of a triangle is 1/2 base x height

Since we are looking for base length, we have to work in reverse.

25.8 / 8.6 = 3 meters (half of the base)

To find whole base, times by 2

3 meters x 2 = 6 meters (base length)

Answer 2

To find the length of the base of the triangle, we can use the formula for the area of a triangle:

Area = (base * height) / 2

We know that the area of the triangle is 25.8 square meters and the height is 8.6 meters, so we can plug in these values and solve for the base:

25.8 = (base * 8.6) / 2

Multiplying both sides by 2:

51.6 = base * 8.6

Dividing both sides by 8.6:

base = 6

Therefore, the length of the base of the triangle is 6 meters.