document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=867099>Question 867099</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me! I am so confused on this, I have tried it several times but its just not clicking tonight.. The question is. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a right triangle is 260 in^2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the length of its legs if one leg is 6 inches longer than the other. (Use the five step method and show ALL work for full credit.) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you could please explain this when helping me with this problem so I can solve the other problems similar to this one on my own. Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #522701 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=522701\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Right triangle will have two legs.  One is a base and the other is a height.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let b = base<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y = height.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Formula for area of a triangle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29b%2Ay ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29b%2Ay\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Problem description is translated into symbols as ... you need to choose which length is the base and which is the height.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I will use \"one leg\" as b.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One leg is 6+y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=6%2By ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=6%2By\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put this all into the equation for the given area.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29by=260 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29by=260\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F2%29%28y%2B6%29y=260 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F2%29%28y%2B6%29y=260\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you should be no longer confused.  Solve for y and then use the found value to get the value for b. </SPAN>\n" );
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