A triangle has an area of 118.4 square miles and a height of 16 miles. What is the length of the base?

Answer 1

The area of a triangle is given by the formula:

Area = (1/2) * base * height

We are given that the area is 118.4 square miles and the height is 16 miles.

Substituting these values into the formula, we have:

118.4 = (1/2) * base * 16

To isolate the base, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 2 and divide by 16:

2 * 118.4 = base * 16
base = 2 * 118.4 / 16
base = 236.8 / 16
base = 14.8

The length of the base of the triangle is 14.8 miles.