A triangle has an area of 24 square inches. The height of the triangle is 8 inches. What is the length of the base of the triangle?

Answer 1

Given, area of triangle = 24 sq inches.

lets, base = b inches.

Given height = 8 inches

Therefore, area of triangle is :

A= 1/2bh

24 = 1/2b(8)

48 = 8b

b= 6 inches