Jonathan 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 4 cm and a total area of 24 cm?, what is the height?

Answer 1

To find the area of a right triangle, you can use the formula:

Area = (base x height) / 2

Given that the area is 24 cm² and the base length is 4 cm, we can plug these values into the formula:

24 = (4 x height) / 2
24 = 2 x height
height = 24 / 2
height = 12 cm

Therefore, the height of the right triangle is 12 cm.