SOLUTION: Can you help me with this word problem?? The problem is as follows, "The area of a triangle is 27 square feet.Its height is three times the length of its base. Find the height and

Question 500684: Can you help me with this word problem?? The problem is as follows, "The area of a triangle is 27 square feet.Its height is three times the length of its base. Find the height and base of the triangle." Please help. Thanks.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of any triangle is 1/2 the base times the height
let the base =
Let the height =
given:
(1)
(2)
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Substitute (2) into (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and, since
(2)
(2)
(2)
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