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Find the missing side of the triangle



the base of the triangle is 3 and 1/4

and the area is 12 and 2/5

find the missing side


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Ckaranja

7 and 41/65 units
Working
The area of a triangle is found by using the formula;
A=1/2bh where A is area, b is base and h the height
substituting for given values;
12 2/5=1/23 1/4h
Rewriting the values as improper fractions;
62/5=1/213/4h
62/5=13/8h
h=62/5 *8/13
h=496/65
h= 7 41/65 units

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