McGraw Hill Glencoe Algebra 1, 2012
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Exercise 2 Page 613

To find the value of and the dimensions of the given triangle, recall that the area of a triangle is found by taking one half of the base multiplied by the height. We know that the area is the height is and the base is

Solving for

We can create an equation to solve for by substituting the given expressions into the formula for the area of a triangle.