Question

Hiro used 60 square inches of fabric.To make a triangular sail for his model sailboat. The base of the sail was 8 inches what was the height of the sail?

Answer 1

Height of the sail is 15 inches.

Explanation:

Given:

Area of the fabric =
`60\ in^2`

Base of the sail = 8 in.

We need to find the height of the sail.

Solution:

Let the height of the sail be 'h'.

Now we know that;

Area of Triangle is given by half time base multiplied by the height.

framing in equation form we get;

`60=\frac12*8* h\\\\60=4h`

Dividing both side by 4 we get;

`(60)/(4)=(4h)/(4)\\\\h= 15\ in`

Hence height of the sail is 15 inches.