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The area of a triangle is 24 square inches. What is the height of the triangle if the base length is 8 inches?


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6 inches


8 inches


12 inches


16 inches

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The formula for the area of a ∆ is 1/2bh. So since you already have the area, solve for x.
24=\(\frac{1}{2}\)(8)x
24=4x
6=x
The missing side is 6 inches long.

ginaboo

6 is the height of the triangle . 
The formula for a triangle is 1/2 bh

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