A triangle has an area of 6.5 square feet. The height of the triangle is 2.5 feet. What is the length of the base of the triangle?
To find the length of the base of the triangle, we can use the formula for the area of a triangle:
Area = (1/2) * base * height
Given that the area is 6.5 square feet and the height is 2.5 feet, we can plug these values into the formula to solve for the base:
6.5 = (1/2) * base * 2.5
6.5 = 1.25 * base
base = 6.5 / 1.25
base = 5.2
Therefore, the length of the base of the triangle is 5.2 feet.