document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=256570>Question 256570</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The base of a triangle is 3 times the length of the altitude to that base. The area of the triangle is 96 cm^2. Find the length of the base. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First off, we know the area of a triangle is 1/2*base*height. So with that we can plug in the numbers, in this case we'll use 3x for base and x for the height. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2(3x)(x)=96 Rewritten it will be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2(3x^2)=96 Multiply both sides by 2 gives us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2=192 Divide each side by 3 will be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=64 Square root both sides is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8 cm  This is the height and the base is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 cm<BR>\n" );
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