Sample Response: The height of the triangle will be
twice the height of the rectangle. The area of a triangle
is 1/2 bh and the area of a rectangle is bh. If the bases
are the same, then the height of the triangle has to be
double that of the rectangle in order to get the same area.
Select all that you included in your response.
The height of triangle is twice that of rectangle; or
the height of the rectangle is one half that of the
triangle
An explanation using the area formula for
rectangles.
O An explanation using the area formula for triangles.