SOLUTION: The base of a triangle exceeds the height by 8 feet. If the area is 280 square feet, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.
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Question 1075333: The base of a triangle exceeds the height by 8 feet. If the area is 280 square feet, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.
Answer by ikleyn(53763) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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28 ft and 20 ft.
You can solve it mentally in 20 seconds if you find two multipliers that gives 560 as the product and differ in 8.
The multipliers are 28 and 20.
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