Question

Hiro used 60 square inches of fabric.To make a triangular sail for his model sailboat. The base of the sail was 8 inches what was the height of the sail?

Answer 1

Answer:

Height of the sail is 15 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Area of the fabric = $60\ in^2$

Base of the sail = 8 in.

We need to find the height of the sail.

Solution:

Let the height of the sail be 'h'.

Now we know that;

Area of Triangle is given by half time base multiplied by the height.

framing in equation form we get;

$60=\frac12\times8\times h\\\\60=4h$

Dividing both side by 4 we get;

$\frac{60}{4}=\frac{4h}{4}\\\\h= 15\ in$

Hence height of the sail is 15 inches.