The Oak View Middle School cheer squad made a banner to bring out for a football game against their school's biggest rival. The banner is shaped like a triangle with an area of 20 square feet. The banner is 4 feet tall.Which equation can you use to find the length of the banner's base, b?Choices:(A) 20=4b(B) 20=21b(4)What is the length of the banner's base?Write your answer as a whole number or decimal. Do not round.____ feet
Q. The Oak View Middle School cheer squad made a banner to bring out for a football game against their school's biggest rival. The banner is shaped like a triangle with an area of 20 square feet. The banner is 4 feet tall.Which equation can you use to find the length of the banner's base, b?Choices:(A) 20=4b(B) 20=21b(4)What is the length of the banner's base?Write your answer as a whole number or decimal. Do not round.____ feet
Calculate Area Formula: To find the base of the triangle, we need to use the formula for the area of a triangle, which is Area=21×base×height. Here, the area is given as 20 square feet and the height as 4 feet.
Simplify Equation: Plugging in the values into the formula: 20=21×b×4. Simplify the right side by multiplying 21 by 4, which equals 2. So, the equation becomes 20=2b.
Divide to Find Base: To find b, divide both sides of the equation by 2. So, b=220.
Calculate Base Length: Calculate b: 20/2=10. Therefore, the length of the banner's base, b, is 10 feet.
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