Question

Renee is sewing a quilt whose pattern contains right triangles.
Each quilt piece is a right triangle with a height of 6 inches, and an
area of 24 square inches. How long is the base of each quilt piece?
(PLEASE ANSWER)

Answer 1

Answer:

  8 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of a triangle is ...

  A = 1/2bh

Filling in the given values, we have ...

  24 = 1/2b(6)

  24/3 = b = 8 . . . . . divide by the coefficient of b

The base of each triangular quilt piece is 8 inches long.

Answer 2

Answer:

8 inches long

Step-by-step explanation:

A=1/2

24=1/2(6)

24/3=8