document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979790>Question 979790</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi I would appreciate if someone could help with this. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A triangle ABO has an area of 6. Its vertices are A(-1,3), B(a,0), and O(0,0). Using this information, find a. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Awen </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #601043 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=601043\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two points are on the x-axis, one at (a,0), the other at (0,0)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The third point is at (-1,3).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area is (1/2)bh; b=a and height 3, since the height is the perpendicular from the x-axis to y=3. The base has to be 4 in length, so that bh=12 and (1/2)bh=6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4,0) or (-4,0) both work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One gives an acute triangle, the other an obtuse triangle, but the base is 4 and the height 3. </SPAN>\n" );
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