Question

A sail is in the form of a right triangle that is three times as high as it is wide. The sail is made from 6 square meters of material. What is the height? Remember a=1/2 bh

Answer 1

It is 9. 

You can get this by using the formula provided and setting the base as x and the height as 3x. This gives you an x value of 3 and thus a height of 9.

Answer 2

The base: 2
The height: 3
2*3=6