Question

you have a square wiht an 8-inch side. you want to draw a triangle with a base 3 times greater that a side of the square. what is the altitude of the triangle?

Answer 1

who cares? Nothing was said about what the height should be. As long as the base is 24, that works.

Do you want a triangle with the same area as the square, and equilateral triangle, or what?

Answer 2

the school cares and the question say the triangle with a base 3 times greater than the sides of the square