The area of a right triangle is 49 square inches. The base is twice as long as the height. The formula for the area of a
triangle is A = 1/2 bh, where b is the base and h is the height.
How long is the base and how tall is the height?

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the base is twice as long as the height, set up the following proportion:

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The area of the a right triangle is equal to , where is a base of the triangle and is the respective height.

To solve for height, set up the equation (substituing :

To solve for base, substitute in the proportion :

7 ft 6 in means 7 1/2, because 6 in is 1/2 of a foot. 7 ft 8 in means 7 2/3 because 8 in is 2/3 of a foot. 23/3 = 7 2/3. 15/2 = 7 1/2.

23/3   *   15/2   = 57 1/2

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