SOLUTION: the area of a parallelogram is 71 ft^2. find the base and the altitude if the former exceeds the latter by 4 ft.

Question 985307: the area of a parallelogram is 71 ft^2. find the base and the altitude if the former exceeds the latter by 4 ft.

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b, base
h, altitude
b-h=4

Area is calculated just like a rectangle.

and you want the PLUS square root form.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

the area of a parallelogram is 71 ft^2. find the base and the altitude if the former exceeds the latter by 4 ft.

Altitude:
Base: 6.660254038 + 4, or
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