document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=11652>Question 11652</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help i don't understand this.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the area of the triangle bounded by the lines x=2, y=3 and 8x+5y=40. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Where does the line 8x+5y=40 cross each of those two lines?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is, when x=2, what is the value of y? And, when y=3 what is the value of x?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Just put 2 for x in the equation of the line and calculate the value of y. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then put 3 for y in the equation of the line and cluculate the value of x. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of one side of the triangle will be the difference between the calculated y and the y value of 3. The length of the other side will be the difference between the calculated x and the x value of 2. (Us the absolute value of the difference.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With those two sides you can calculate the area of the triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You should get 1.0125<BR>\n" );
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