## anonymous one year ago The area of a triangle is 24 square inches. What is the height of the triangle if the base length is 8 inches? 6 inches 8 inches 12 inches 16 inches

1. anonymous

@TheSmartOne

2. anonymous

@aaronq

3. Jamierox4ev3r

if the area of a triangle is 1/2bh, then we could plug in the values that we already know and solve for height

4. anonymous

1/2 * 8 * 24

5. Jamierox4ev3r

$$A=\frac{1}{2}bh$$ $$24=\frac{1}{2}8 *h$$ yep c:

6. anonymous

so its 16

7. Jamierox4ev3r

i mean...sort of :P you don't multiply all three

8. Jamierox4ev3r

no you solve this: $$24=\frac{1}{2}8 * h$$

9. Jamierox4ev3r

its not 16 btw

10. anonymous

half of 8 is 4

11. anonymous

so i multiply 4 by 24

12. Jamierox4ev3r

right... so you need to divide both sides by 4. $$24=\frac{1}{2}8*h$$ 24=4h /4 /4 h=6

13. Jamierox4ev3r

no you divide 24 by 4. See my process up there? it's like you're solving an equation :)

14. anonymous

oh ok

15. anonymous

i need more help on a few mor questions if that is ok (: @Jamierox4ev3r

16. Jamierox4ev3r

sure. Just be sure to medal and close this question, since posts get laggy for me after a while :)

17. anonymous

ok

18. anonymous

i tagged you in the next question @Jamierox4ev3r