document.write( "Question 222958: I need help for this problem. First up, I cant seem to remember what the problem wants me to look for. And I also need to know the answer for that missing question. Here it is: \"If the area of the triangle is 240 square meters and one leg is 8 more than the other leg, find the (*)?\" THANKS. \n" ); document.write( "
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1/2 b*h = 240
\n" ); document.write( "b = h+8\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "formula becomes:
\n" ); document.write( "1/2 * (h+8)*h = 240
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides of this equation by 2 to get:
\n" ); document.write( "(h+8) * h = 480
\n" ); document.write( "remove parentheses to get:
\n" ); document.write( "h^2 + 8h = 480
\n" ); document.write( "subtract 480 from both sides of the equation to get:
\n" ); document.write( "h^2 + 8h - 480 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "Solve this equation using the quadratic formula to get:
\n" ); document.write( "h = 18.27105745
\n" ); document.write( "b = h+8 = 26.27105745\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1/2*b*h = 240 which proves the values for b and h are good.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I believe they are asking you for the other leg, which is b.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I don't know what else they would be asking for.\r
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