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A triangle has an area of 10 square feet. The height is 10 feet. What is the length of the base (in feet)?

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Answer:

2 feet

Explanation:

for area of a triangle it's (height times width) divided by 2, and 10 times 2 divided by 2 is 10

User Shavanna
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Answer:

Length of base of triangle = 2 feet

Explanation:

Given:

Area of triangle = 10 square feet

Height of triangle = 10 feet

FInd

Length of base of triangle

Computation:

⇒ Area of triangle = (1/2)(Base)(Height)

⇒ 10 = (1/2)(Base)(10)

⇒ 10 = Base(5)

⇒ Length of base of triangle = 10 / 5

Length of base of triangle = 2 feet

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