SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME! THIS IS DUE TOMARROW! PLEASE HELP A triangle has a height of 4 inches more than two times its base and the area of the triangle is 168 find the base

Question 134090: PLEASE HELP ME! THIS IS DUE TOMARROW! PLEASE HELP
A triangle has a height of 4 inches more than two times its base and the area of the triangle is 168 find the base
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm not sure when 'tomarrow' is, but your need sounds urgent.

The area of a triangle is the base times the height divided by 2. But your height is 4 inches more than 2 times the base, so the area of your triangle must be .

or

Exclude the negative root because we are looking for a positive measure of length.

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