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How do you find the height of a triangle if the base is 24 and the other 2 sides are 18?
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∙ 15y ago
first find half of base which is 12 and then you add 18,18 and 24 for the 3 sides the result is 60 then divide 60 by 12 which is 5 that is your answer.
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Height of an isosceles triangle?
If you know the length of the sides, you can use Pythagoras' Theorem to calculate the height. Use half the base for one of the shorter sides, and either of the two identical sides of the triangle for the hypothenuse. Solve for the other one of the shorter sides (the height).
How do i find the base of a triangle given 2 sides and the height?
By using trigonometry or Pythagoras' theorem depending on what type of triangle it is.
What can be said about the base and height of a triangle?
That the area of a triangle = 0.5*base*height
How do you get the base of a triangle when you have the height and area?
Area of a triangle = base * height / 2 Therefore the base = Area * 2 / height
How can you find the length of the 2 sides of an isosceles triangle when you know the base and the height?
By using Pythagoras' theorem.
What are the sides of a triangle that's has height of 7 and base of 4?
The height and base are not sufficient to uniquely identify the sides of a triangle - there are an infinite number of possibilities.
If you have the sides of a triangle how do you get the area?
Half The Base, Times The Height Of The Triangle.
Height of an isosceles triangle?
If you know the length of the sides, you can use Pythagoras' Theorem to calculate the height. Use half the base for one of the shorter sides, and either of the two identical sides of the triangle for the hypothenuse. Solve for the other one of the shorter sides (the height).
Explain Why the height of a triangle depends on which side you select for the base?
The height of a triangle is the length of the perpendicular dropped to the base (extended if necessary) from the opposite vertex. This depends on which side is the base, unless the triangle is equilateral. For example, if you have a tall skinny isosceles triangle whose equal sides are a mile long and the third side is an inch long, the height is about a mile if you choose the third side as the base. If you choose either of the other two sides as base, the height will be about an inch.
What is the side of a triangle that makes up the base and the height?
They can be the 2 smaller sides of its 3 sides
When you use a formula to calculate the area of a triangle does it matter which base - height pair you use.?
The side you use as the base does not matter. What does matter is that the height is the perpendicular distance between this side and the other vertex. If there is a right angle in the triangle, then use the two sides next to it as the base and height. Otherwise a bit of trigonometry will be required to work out the height of the triangle if it is not given.
How you find the base height and sides of a triangle if you only have the area?
With great difficulty - it is impossible without further information.For example:A triangle with sides 3, 4, 5 - base 3, height 4 has area 6 units2;a triangle with sides 2, 6, ~6.32 (√40) - base 2 height 6 has area 6 units2.Both the triangles have the same area but different sides; those are both right angled triangles, but other ones are possible, eg a triangle with sides 2.5, ~4.92 (1/2 x √97), 6 also has base 6 and height 2 and an area 6 units2.
Area for a triangle?
1/2 base x height where: base is one of the sides height is the perpendicular distance from the base side to the opposite vertex
How do you find the heighth of a triangle?
To find the height of a triangle, you can use the formula: height = (2 * area) / base. The base of the triangle is one side of the triangle to which the height is perpendicular. The area can be calculated using different methods depending on the information available, such as using the lengths of the sides and Heron's formula or using the base and the height.
When calculating area what are the similarities between triangles and parallelogram?
Parallelogram = Base*Height Triangle = 0.5*Base*HeightParallelogram = Base*Height Triangle = 0.5*Base*HeightParallelogram = Base*Height Triangle = 0.5*Base*HeightParallelogram = Base*Height Triangle = 0.5*Base*Height
What is the formula for finding the surface area of a triangle?
The formula for the area of a triangle is base times height, divided by 2. The base is one of the sides and the height is a perpendicular line connecting the base to its opposite point.
What is the area of a triangle with sides 8m and 9m and base 6m?
Is the height 9m or 8m? Area of triangle = Base x Height / 2 If the height is 9m... The area is 37m squared If the height is 8m... The area is 24m squared.
