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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Height Of An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
Find the height of a triangle if the area of the triangle = 18 and the base = 4.
Possible Answers:
6
1
4
9
Correct answer:
9
Explanation:
The area of a triangle = (1/2)bh where b is base and h is height. 18 = (1/2)4h which gives us 36 = 4h so h =9.
Example Question #141 : Sat Mathematics
If triangle ABC has vertices (0, 0), (6, 0), and (2, 3) in the xy-plane, what is the area of ABC?
Possible Answers:
10
18
9
20
12
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Area Of An Acute / Obtuse Triangle
The height, , of triangle
in the figure is one-fourth the length of
. In terms of h, what is the area of triangle
?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
If *
, then the length of
must be
.
Using the formula for the area of a triangle (), with
, the area of the triangle must be
.
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