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Lina used 75 square inches of fabric to make a triangular pennant to take to football game.The base of the pennant was 6 inches. What was the height of the pennant?

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Answer:

25 inches

Explanation:

A triangle is a three-sided polygon with three edges and three vertices. the sum of angles in a triangle is 180 degrees

Area of a triangle = 1/2 x base x height

75 = (1/2) x 6 x height

height = (75 x 2) / 6 = 25 inches

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