document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200174>Question 200174</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131467735/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The width of a triangle is 4 meters shorter than its height.  What are the height and width of the triangle if the area is 48 square meters? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "By width, I presume you mean the measure of the base.  Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the measure of the base, then the height must be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x + 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a triangle, in terms of the measures of the base and the height is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A = \frac{bh}{2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute what you know:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 48 = \frac{x(x + 4)}{2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify, put it into standard form, and solve the resulting quadratic for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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