Question

Vincenzo is putting a border around a right triangle and needs to create a piece of border equal to the triangle's height. If the triangle has a base length of 24 cm and a total area of 12 cm, what is the height?

Answer 1

To find the height of the triangle, we will first need to find the height of the triangle using the formula for the area of a triangle:

Area of a triangle = (1/2) * base * height

Given that the area is 12 cm^2 and the base is 24 cm:

12 = (1/2) * 24 * height
12 = 12 * height
height = 1

Therefore, the height of the triangle is 1 cm.