SOLUTION: A sail on a particular sailboat has the shape of a triangle with a total area of 52ft squared. The height of the sail is 5 ft greater than the length of "foot" Find the length of
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Question 750582: A sail on a particular sailboat has the shape of a triangle with a total area of 52ft squared. The height of the sail is 5 ft greater than the length of "foot" Find the length of the foot and the height of the sail?
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a triangle is
Let = the height of the sail
Let = the foot of the sail
given:
ft2
ft
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I notice that , so I can guess that
( reject the negative answer )
and, since
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The height is 13 ft and the foot is 8 ft
check:
OK
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