Question

The area of a triangle is 36 sq cm. The triangle's height is 8 cm. What is the length of the base of the triangle?

Answer 1

9 cm

Explanation:

Given :

Area, A = 36cm²

Height, h = 8cm

Using the relation :

Area, A of triangle :

A = 1/2 * base * height

36 = 0.5 * base * 8

36 = 4 * base

base = 36 / 4

Base = 9 cm

Length of base is 9cm