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\n" ); document.write( "The base of a triangle is 14 inches more than 4 times the height. If the area is 60 square inches, find the base and the height
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document.write( "Let height be H
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document.write( "Then base-length = 4H + 14
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document.write( "Since area = 60, then we can say that: 
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document.write( "(H - 4)(2H + 15) = 0
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document.write( "H, or height =  inches               OR               (ignore)
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document.write( "Base-length: 4(4) + 14, or 16 + 14, or  inches \n" );
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