Given the area of a triangle is 40 cm2, if its altitude is 8 cm, its base is 15 cm.

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Janiah

Mathematics

25 December, 19:44

Given the area of a triangle is 40 cm2, if its altitude is 8 cm, its base is 15 cm.

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Abram Conway · Answer 1

The answer is false

because the area of a triangle is 1/2 b*h

so in this case, it would be 1/2 15 * 8

and 15 * 8 = 120 and 120 divided by 2 = 60 not 40

Given the area of a triangle is 40 cm2, if its altitude is 8 cm, its base is 15 cm.TrueFalse

Given the area of a triangle is 40 cm2, if its altitude is 8 cm, its base is 15 cm.

True

False