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The area of a triangle is 24 square inches. What is the height of the triangle if the base length is 6 inches?

© 4 inches
© 8 inches
18 inches
O 20 inches

User Baraboom
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Answer:

  • The height of the triangle is 8 inches.

Explanation:

Area of triangle formula: 1/2 x base x height

Let's represent height as h.

  • => 1/2 x 6 x h = 24
  • => 2 x 1/2 x 6 x h = 24 x 2
  • => 6h = 48
  • => h = 8

Hence, the height of the triangle is 8 inches.

Hoped this helped.


BrainiacUser1357

User Sander Visser
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

The formula for a triangle is bxh/2. 24/6=4x2=8 The answer is 8 out of those options.

User Ddbeck
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