document.write( "Question 513743: the area of a triangular sheet of paper is 13 square inches. one side of the triangle is 3 inches more than five times the length of the altutude to that side. find the length of that side and the altitude to that side \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let represent the measure of the altitude. Then the measure of the side related to that altitude is . Since we know the area of a triangle is the measure of the base times the measure of the altitude to that base divided by 2, we can write:\r
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