Homework Help: Math

Posted by Aurora on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 11:47pm.

the base of a triangle is the same as the height. what least whole number measurement for the triangle so that the area would be greater than144^2

Math - Reiny, Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12:17am
let the base be x, then the height is x
(1/2)(x)(x) > 144^2 or 20736
x^2 > 41472
x ≥ 203.6

So the smallest whole number would be 204

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