SOLUTION: The height of a triangle is 4 meters more than it's base. If the area of the triangle is 160 square meters, find the base and height
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Question 874072: The height of a triangle is 4 meters more than it's base. If the area of the triangle is 160 square meters, find the base and height
Answer by ben720(159) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let b = base
Let b+4 = height
Distribute
Subtract 160 from both sides
Use the quadratic formula, where x = b
Because the measurements must be positive,
The base is 16 and the height is 20.
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