document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=234695>Question 234695</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please explain how i would do this problem the directions are find the unknown dimension. A triangle has an area of 5 square meters and a base of 2x. what is the height of the triangle in the terms of x. also what does in the terms of x mean </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"In terms of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\" means your answer is going to have an <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a triangle is given by:\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( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\"> is the measure of the base and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large h\"> is the measure of the height.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You want to know the height given the area and an expression for the measure of the base, so solve the area formula for height in terms of the quantities you know, namely the area and the measure of the base:  (multiply both sides by 2, and then divide by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\">)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ h\ = \frac{2A}{b}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now just plug in your values:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ h\ = \frac{2(5)}{2x}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the right-hand expression and you have it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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