Homework Help: math

Posted by Aaron McQuady on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 1:34am.

A rectangle and a triangle have equal areas. The length of the rectangle is 12 inches, and its width is 8 inches. If the base of the triangle is 32 inches, what is the length, in inches, of the altitude drawn to the base?

math - drwls, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 2:05am
(triangle area) = (1/2)*32*h
= 96 (rectangle area)

32 h = 192

h = ? is the altitude you want

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