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document.write( "base x height<BR>\n" );
document.write( "------------- = area of a triangle<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--- = 224 {substituted given information into area formula}<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24b = 448 {multiplied both sides by 2}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 448/24 {divided both sides by 24}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 56/3ft or 18  2/3ft<BR>\n" );
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