document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=164500>Question 164500</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A=1/2 bh for h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the largest angle in a triangle is 3 more than 4 times as big as the smallest angle. The middle angle is 2 less than twice the smallest. What is the measure of the largest angle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for h.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 1/2 (bh)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can write 1/2 (bh) like bh/2 for easy reading.  They both mean the same thing.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have A = bh/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiplying both sides of the equation by 2 and we get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2A = bh\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve the equation for h, we want to get h alone.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To do so, divide both sides of the equation by b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2A/b = h\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Did you follow?\r<BR>\n" );
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