What is the value of b in the triangle shown below?

The triangle they are showing is a right triangle...the length is 3b and the width is b...on the inside of the triangle it says 24in^2.

A.–4 in
B.4 in
C.±4 in
D.no solution
Please help I do not know how to do these...if I had to guess it would be B or C...thanks

1.C

2.D
3.B
4.B
5.C

1. C

2. D
3. B
4. B
5. C

100% Correct for Connexus. ;)

@Lena It is B because you can't have -4 inches on a triangle.

1. C

2. D
3. B
4. B
5. C

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So the area of a triangle is the following:

A =( B x H) / 2
Let's plug in what we've been told in the question

24 = (3B x B) / 2
48 = 3B x B
48 = 3B^2
16 = B^2
+ or - 4 = B

I would go with option C because if you plug in 4 in or -4 for B into the area of a triangle equation, you end up with + 24 in^2.

ghost is wrong the answers are b c for the last to

Yikes... There are 6 questions for me

1. c

2. d
3. b
4. b
5. c
6. b
7. b
8. a

yw is correct in 2025 as well