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A triangular pane of glass has a height of 32 inches and an area of 416 square inches. What is the length of the base of the pane?

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Answer:

26

Explanation:

The way to find the area of a triangle is 1/2(b)h=A. Knowing this, we can substitute and solve:

416=1/2(32)h

Multiply:

416=16*h or 16h.

To isolate h, we need to divide both sides of the equation by 16. When we do this, we get:

h=26

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