Question

What is the base of a triangle with area 50 squared inches and height 3/4 inches to the nearest hundredth?

Answer 1

66 2/3 inches

Explanation:

The area formula needed here is A = (1/2)(base)(height).

Here A = 50 in^2 and (height) = 3/4 in. We must find the length of the base.

Multiplying both sides of A = (1/2)(base)(height) by 2, we get 2A = (base)(height), or

2A 50 in^2

(base) = -------------- = ----------------- = 66 2/3 inches

(height) 0.75 in