Question

I need help really bad! The height of a triangle is 6 m more than its base. The area of the triangle is 56 m2. Find the length of the base.

Answer 1

@hartnn

Answer 2

let the base be x
so, the height will be x+6, right ?

Answer 3

right.

Answer 4

Area = base * height
56 = x * (x+6)

solve this quadratic in x

Answer 5

Will do give me a sec to work it out. thanks!

Answer 6

Crap one sec

Answer 7

sorry, area = 1/2 * base * height