The area of a triangle is 1,440 cm2. the base of the triangle is 5 times the height. what is the height of the triangle? 12 cm 24 cm 46 cm 60 cm

The area of a triangle with base and height is given by

In your case, you have

since the base is 5 times the height. Also, you are given the area, so the formula becomes

Multiply both sides by 2:

Divide both sides by 5:

Take the square root of both sides:

you can first factor out the n to get n(1+5). we know that 1+5 is 6, so we just have 6n.

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