Suppose you have a triangle whose height is 10 times its width. The base of this triangle has a length of 8 units. Find b and the corresponding function.

Question

This area corresponds to the value of

Where b is ___ and the function is __.

Originally thought b=8 but that is too easy.

Thank you for the help in advance!

Answer 1

Let f(x)=height

let x=width

then f(x)=10x

I would use b=8 because that is the only width value provided.

Did you set up the following integral:

∫10xdx