SOLUTION: the height of a triangle is 4 inches less than twice its base. The area is 48 sq inches. What is the base?
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Question 861683: the height of a triangle is 4 inches less than twice its base. The area is 48 sq inches. What is the base?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is mostly just a few words of description which can be translated into a symbolic statement.
h = height
b = base
area of a triangle is .
, which IS GIVEN as a description.
Form this equation: .
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