SOLUTION: The area of a non right triangle is 520m^2. the height of this triangle is 14 m less than it's base. Find the base and height of this triangle.
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Question 896396: The area of a non right triangle is 520m^2. the height of this triangle is 14 m less than it's base. Find the base and height of this triangle.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
h for height, b for base;
h=b-14.
Note that discriminant is
-
and you can continue and finish this.
The quadratic equation in b is factorable but general solution is more comfortable here.
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