The area of a triangle is 861 square cm. The length of the base is 82 cm. What is the height of the triangle?
A: 10.5 cm
B. 21 cm
C. 42 cm
D. 84 cm
Please help ASAP!!

Respuesta :

Hi!

The equation to find the area of a triangle is...

(a = area
b = base
h = height)

[tex]a = \frac{1}{2} bh[/tex]

Fill in the values that we already have.
[tex]861 = \frac{1}{2}82*h[/tex]
Divide both sides by 1/2
[tex]861/ \frac{1}{2} = \frac{1}{2}/ \frac{1}{2}82*h[/tex]
1722 = 82*h
Divide both sides by 82.
1722/82 = 82/82*h
21 = h

The answer is B. 21 cm

Hope this helps! :)