Question

a rectangle and a triangle have the same area. The rectangle has base 5 cm and height 4 cm. what might the base and height of the triangle be? give to different answers.

Answer 1

base 4 and height of 10

base 8 and height 5

Explanation:

The area of the rectangle is 20. 4 x 5 = 20

The area of a triangle is
`A = (1)/(2)bh`

Multiply two numbers together that equal 40 because you are going to take half of 40 to get 20.

4 x 10 = 40

40/2 = 20

8 x 5 = 40

40/2 = 20