The area of a triangle is 24 square ft and the base is 8 ft. What is the height of the triangle?

Question

mathematics word problem

Answer 1

Area of a triangle = ½base times height⇒   A = ½bh

 

Given that the area is 24 and the base is 8, we would have this equation

 

24 = ½(8)h

 

24 =  4h        divide both sides by 4 

 

  6 = h  So the height of the triangle is 6 feet

 

CHECK

 

A = ½bh

 

24 = ½(8)(6)

 

24 = 4(6)

 

24 = 24√