A sail on a sailboat is in the shape of a triangle. The area of the sail is 128 ft² and the base of the sail is 16 ft.

What is the height of the sail?

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Formula for area of a triangle:
A = [tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex] * base * height

You are already given two out of three variables of the formula.

128 = [tex] \frac{1}{2} [/tex] * 16 * height

Multiply 2 to both side and divide both side by 16
[tex] \frac{128 * 2}{16} [/tex] = height