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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help :( A right triangle with area 45 has vertices at (-3, 2), (7, 2), and (7, b), where b > 0. What is the value of b?

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

If you were to graph this, you could probably see what to do. |dw:1338695720852:dw|You want a point on that line so that the area is 45. Can you tell me what the distance is between (-3, 2) and (7, 2)?

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