## b.l.m Group Title Look at the formula for the area of a triangle. A = 1 --- 2 bh Which is a solution for h? one year ago one year ago

1. b.l.m Group Title

a= 1/2bh

2. vf321 Group Title

If you want to get h all by itself, you need to make everything that is multiplied with it 1. For instance, if I want to solve for x: $z=3x$Multiply both sides by 1/3$(1/3)z=(1/3)3x$$z/3=1x$$\frac{z}{3}=x$

3. b.l.m Group Title

okay can you show me the steps to solvin mine

4. vf321 Group Title

Well I'm not going to do it for you but if you compare to mine, what will make a 1/2 become a 1?

5. b.l.m Group Title

ooh um subtract? i suck at math excuse me if i wrong

6. vf321 Group Title

No. What multiplied with 1/2 makes 1?

7. b.l.m Group Title

idk x*(1/2)=1

8. vf321 Group Title

Ugh. no the answer was 2. 2(1/2) = 1. So in the triangle equation multiply by 2 on both sides.

9. b.l.m Group Title

oh

10. vf321 Group Title

Well, do it and show me what you get. multiply by 2 on both sides of A = 1/2 b h

11. b.l.m Group Title

multiply by 2 with 1/2?

12. vf321 Group Title

No. multiply by 2 on both sides of the equation.

13. b.l.m Group Title

whats the equation

14. vf321 Group Title

A = bh/2

15. b.l.m Group Title

2b * 2h?

16. vf321 Group Title

Oh my god dude. Sorry, this is to tough to handle. I'll just give it to you, since arithmetic is too hard. $A = bh/2$Multiply both sides by 2. $2A=bh2/2$Multiply both sides by 1/b $2A/b = bh/b$ $2A/b = h$