8. The height of a triangle is 4 inches less than the length of the base. The area of the triangleis 30 in?. Find the height of the triangle.9. A field is in the shape of an equilateral triangle attached to the width of the rectangularregion where width of the rectangle and side of the triangle measures the same. The lengthof rectangular region is 76 ft and the side of triangular region measures 42 ft. Find theperimeter of the field.

8). As we know that the area of the triangle is: A=12×b×h Where ''b'' is the base and ''h'' is the…

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