SOLUTION: if the three sides of a triangle are 2, 5, and x units and area of triangle is x sq. units, what is the value of x ?
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Question 825174: if the three sides of a triangle are 2, 5, and x units and area of triangle is x sq. units, what is the value of x ?
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I used Heron's formula for the area and after some algebra we can see that there is no real solution for x.
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