document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=35458>Question 35458</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028244389/algebrahomeworkh>Geometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of a parallelogram is 2x^2 + 9x + 4 cm^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the length of the base is 2x + 1 cm, find the length of the altitude.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #21535 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=21535\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The formula for the area of a parallelogram is Base times Height (or length of the altitude).  That is, A = BH.  To find the lenth of the altitude just divide the Area by the length of the base:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As \"chance\" would have it, this expression for Area factors into (2x+1)(x+4), so the fraction reduces to this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+Altitude+=+x%2B4+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+Altitude+=+x%2B4+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC\r<BR>\n" );
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