Arectangle and a triangle have the same area. the dimensions of the rectangle are 6 m by 8 m. the base of the triangle is 8 m. what is the height of the triangle? how do you know?

Area of a rectangle is length times width. Area of a triangle is one-half base times height. Now just plug in everything we know and set the equations equal to each other.

(6)(8) = 0.5(8)(h)

Solve for height

48 = 4h

h = 12 m

Shortest side: xside two: x+26side three: 2xwork: x+x+26+2x=1304x+26=130 -26 -264x=104(4x=104)/4x=26check: 26+26+26+52=130shortest side length is 26 feet