SOLUTION: A room is 12m long and width is 1.5 m more than the height.If the area of the four walls is 105,find the height of the room .

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Question 988231: A room is 12m long and width is 1.5 m more than the height.If the area of the four walls is 105,find the height of the room .
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, length
y, width
h, height


One wall's area is and the neighboring or adjascent wall's area is .
Total WALL area is





Not factorable in or with integers.

h=after general solution method formula for quadratic equation

Do whatever you can or want with the expression.
( 3.15 meters )

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