SOLUTION: The area of a triangle is 35 square inches. The height of the triangle is 2 inches less than the base. What are the base and height of the triangle? Please help. I am so stuck!

Question 602060: The area of a triangle is 35 square inches. The height of the triangle is 2 inches less than the base. What are the base and height of the triangle? Please help. I am so stuck!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(1)
given:
(2) in
Substitute this into (1)
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Complete the square
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(1)
Take the square root of both sides
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(1) in
and
(2)
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check the answers:

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and

This looks close enough
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