Question

18. A triangle has base 7 m and area 17.5 m2. What is the height?

Answer 1

The area of a triangle is
bh/2

So, let’s plug in what we know

7h/2=17.5

Multiply by 2 on both sides

2(7h/2)=(17.5)2
7h=35

Divide by 7 on both sides

h=5

Hope this helps! :)