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Aa square and a triangle have equal areas. If a side of the square is 10 inches and the base of the triangle is 10 inches, what is the height of the triangle?
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The height of the triangle is 17.3 inches. This is because the area of a square is side × side, or 100 square inches. The area of a triangle is base × height × 0.5, so for a base of 10 inches the height must be 100 / (10 × 0.5) which equals 17.3 inches.
