document.write( "Question 985307: the area of a parallelogram is 71 ft^2. find the base and the altitude if the former exceeds the latter by 4 ft.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #606125 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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b, base
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area is calculated just like a rectangle.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"b%2Ah=71\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"4h-h%5E2-71=0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28h=%281%2B-+sqrt%281-4%2A4%28-71%29%29%29%2F%282%2A4%29%29\"$ and you want the PLUS square root form.\r
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