SOLUTION: Suppose the base and height of a triangle sum to 12, and the area of the triangle is 16 square cm. What are the dimensions (base and height) of the triangle?
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Question 900672: Suppose the base and height of a triangle sum to 12, and the area of the triangle is 16 square cm. What are the dimensions (base and height) of the triangle?
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let base =b and height =h
(b+h)=12
area of triangle = (1/2) * b*h
(1/2) bh = 16
bh =16*2=32
h= 32/b
Now (b+h)=12
(b+32/b ) = 12
multiply equation by b
b^2+32=12b
b^2-12b+32=0
b^2-8b-4b+32=0
b(b-8)-4(b-8)=0
(b-8)(b-4)=0
b=4 OR 8
if b=4 h=8
if b=8 h= 4
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