SOLUTION: the area of a triangle is 6 square inches the hieght of the triangle is 5 inches less than the house. what are the measurements of the base and the height of the triangle.

Question 170043: the area of a triangle is 6 square inches the hieght of the triangle is 5 inches less than the house. what are the measurements of the base and the height of the triangle.
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I think you mean as the "height is 5 inches less than the base?"
We'll base the computation as per condition:

So,
---->
Remember ---
By Quadratic Eqn:

--->
2 values:

, don't use
Height:
Check,

Thank you,
Jojo
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