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QUESTION 31 POINTThe area of a triangle is 18. The base is 6 inches. What is the height? Do not include units in your answer.

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ANSWER:

6

Explanation:

The area of a triangle is given by the following equation:


A=(b\cdot h)/(2)

We replace and solve for h (height)


\begin{gathered} 18=(6\cdot h)/(2) \\ h=(18\cdot2)/(6) \\ h=6 \end{gathered}

The height of the triangle is 6 inches

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