SOLUTION: The area of a square is one third as large as the area of a triangle. One side of the triangle is 9 inches long and the altirude to that side is the same length as a side of the sq

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Question 175457: The area of a square is one third as large as the area of a triangle. One side of the triangle is 9 inches long and the altirude to that side is the same length as a side of the square. What is the length of the side of the square. What is the formula for this word problem?
Answer by josmiceli(6786) (Show Source):
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Let = a sides of the square
Let = area of square

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For triangle:

It is given that
and in

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Also given is:

therefore:

Multiply both sides by

The solutions are:
This one doesn't work here

The side of the square is 1.5 in
check:

Also given is:

OK