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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@hartnn

hartnn (hartnn):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right.

hartnn (hartnn):

Area = base * height 56 = x * (x+6) solve this quadratic in x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Crap one sec

hartnn (hartnn):

sorry, area = 1/2 * base * height

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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