document.write( "Question 860504: the height of a triangle is 4 feet less than the base. The area of the triangle is 198 square feet. Fine the length of the base and the height of the triangle\r
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document.write( "Question States***height of a triangle is 4 feet less than the base
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document.write( "1/2(x(x-4)=198
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document.write( "1/2(x^2-4x)=198
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document.write( "x^2-4x-396 = 0    |Hint: sqrt(396) = ~19.9  (2*8) ends in 6
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document.write( "(x -22)(x+18) = 0   (Tossing out the negative solution for unit measure)
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document.write( "   x = 22ft, the width.  Then length is 18ft
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document.write( "Or quadratic Eq always works
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document.write( "Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation  (in our case ) has the following solutons:
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the discriminant  should not be a negative number.
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant : .
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=1600 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression  can be factored:
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document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 22, -18.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:
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