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, you can use the formula for the area of a triangle:
Area = (base * height) / 2
Now plug in the given values:
43.75 = (7 * height) / 2
Multiply both sides by 2 to isolate the height:
43.75 * 2 = 7 * height
87.5 = 7 * height
Divide both sides by 7 to solve for the height:
height = 87.5 / 7
height = 12.5
Therefore, the height of Rainee's triangle is 12.5 inches.