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A landscaper is designing a flower garden in the shape of a trapezoid. She wants the shorter base to be 3 yards greater than the height and the longer base to be 7 yards greater than the height. She wants the area to be 295 square yards. The situation is modeled by the equation h^2+5h=295. Use the quadratic formula to find the height that will give the desired area. A) 17.36 Yards B) 600 Yards C) 14.86 Yards D) 29.71 Yards

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