Work out the height of this triangle with base, b = 8.6mm and area, A = 256.28mm2.

Nutlike asked Dec 26, 2022

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Work out the height of this triangle with base,

b
= 8.6mm and area,
A
= 256.28mm2.

Nutlike asked Dec 26, 2022

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Answer:

59.6 mm

Explanation:

We know that the base times the height divided by two is the area, so we have that
(8.6*h)/2=256.28 .

We can multiply both sides by
to get
8.6*h=512.56 .

Lastly, we divide by
8.6 on both sides to get
h=512.56/8.6 .

This simplifies to
$\boxed{h=59.6}$ mm!

Spontifixus answered Dec 31, 2022

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