document.write( "Question 925565: The height of a triangle is 6 meters longer than twice its base. Find the base and height if the area of the triangle is 8 square meters. Round to the nearest hundredth of a meter. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\"A=%281%2F2%29bh=8\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"bh=16\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Substituting,
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%286%2B2b%29=16\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2b%5E2%2B6b=16\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2%2B3b=8\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5E2%2B3b%2B9%2F4=8%2B9%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28b%2B3%2F2%29%5E2=41%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b%2B3%2F2=0+%2B-+sqrt%2841%29%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b=-3%2F2+%2B-+sqrt%2841%29%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "Only the positive solution makes sense here.
\n" ); document.write( "\"b=%28sqrt%2841%29-3%29%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"h=6%2Bsqrt%2841%29-3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"h=3%2Bsqrt%2841%29\"\r
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