Question

The triangle shown below has an area of 25 units squared. What is the missing height?

Answer 1

• x=5 units

Explanation:

Given:

A= 25

b=10

Find the height:-

`\sf A=0.5\:bh`

`\sf 25=0.5(10)h`

`\sf 25=5h`

`\sf 5h=25`

`\sf \cfrac{5h}{5}=\cfrac{25}{5}`

`\sf h=5`

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

height = 5

Explanation:

If area = (1/2)bh, the equation would be 25 = (1/2)10h.

The first step I'd do is multiply both sides by 2 to get rid of the (1/2). So, now the equation is 50 = 10h.

Divide both sides by 10, and you get h = 5! :D