SOLUTION: if i have a triangle with an area of 27 SQUARE CENTIMETERS and the base is the height plus 3 cm. WHAT is the base and height ?

Question 935683: if i have a triangle with an area of 27 SQUARE CENTIMETERS and the base is the height plus 3 cm. WHAT is the base and height ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A, triangle area, 27 cm*cm
h, height
b, base
b=h+3

Formula for Triangle Area:

You can substitute for A any time you want. Maybe the quadratic is factorable. You can find out.
Either way, you solve for h first, and use this to evaluate b. In case the quadratic is not factorable,
use the formula for general solution of a quadratic equation, which will be using the variables and
numbers here,

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