Rainee cuts a triangle out of felt. The base of her triangle is 7 inches, and the area of her triangle is 43.75 square inches. What is the height of Rainee’s triangle? Write your answer in decimal form.

Answer 1

To find the height of Rainee's triangle, we can use the formula for the area of a triangle:

Area = 0.5 * base * height

We are given that the base is 7 inches and the area is 43.75 square inches. Plugging these values into the formula, we get:

43.75 = 0.5 * 7 * height

Now, we can solve for the height:

43.75 = 3.5 * height
height = 43.75 / 3.5
height = 12.5

Therefore, the height of Rainee's triangle is 12.5 inches.