Asked by Makayla

A triangle has a base of 15 inches and an area of 60 square inches. What is the height of the triangle? In your final answer, include all of your calculations.


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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Area of a triangle: A = (1/2) × base × height.

Given A = 60 in² and base = 15 in, solve for height h:

60 = (1/2) × 15 × h
60 = 7.5 × h
h = 60 / 7.5
h = 8

So the height is 8 inches.