SOLUTION: how to write...the base of the triangle is 2 feet longer than triple the length of the altitude

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Question 354886: how to write...the base of the triangle is 2 feet longer than triple the length of the altitude
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the altitude be x
triple the altitude = 3x
2 feet longer = 3x+2
base = 3x+2
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