Question

If the area of a right angle triangle is 50cm² ;the height and base are equal
What are the height and base?

Answer 1

The area of a rectangle is bh.  The area of a triangle is half that, 1/2bh.

Since b=h, we have 50cm² = 1/2h².
100cm² = h² [Multiply both sides by 2]
h = 10 cm, b=10 cm