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.
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.