Question

@apoorvk help!!!

Answer 1

@karatechopper ask!!

Answer 2

question?

Answer 3

lol

Answer 4

ok so i have this word problem and i have it half done and i got stuck

Answer 5

... post the problem

Answer 6

A triangle has an are of 77 square inches. Find the length of the base if the base is 3 inches more than the height

Answer 7

*area

Answer 8

okay...

see the area of any triangle is A = 1/2 x (height) x (base)

let the height be 'k'. then base = k+3

so, (1/2 )(k) (k+3) = 77

can you solve that now??

Answer 9

ok good just what i got!

Answer 10

what have you gotten for the answer?

Answer 11

hmm.. now i think you got stuck??
okay listen now.. multiply both sides by 2....
then simplify the LHS. and bring every term to the left side.
you 'll find you have a very familiar kind of quadratic equation..

solve for 'k'

if still having problems, i ll show how to solve it

Answer 12

plz do show how u r gonna solve it

Answer 13

okay you have an answer? post what you got. i ll verify it for you!

Answer 14

okay there it goes....

so, i get
k+14=0 and k-11=0
so k= -14 or 11

NOW... length of a side cannot be *negative*. so "-14" CANNOT be a possible solution.

so k=11 only

now base was (k+3)... since we assumed k is the height.

so, base= 11+3 = 14