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document.write( "The length of the base of a triangle is 3 times the length of its altitude. Find the length of the base if the area of the triangle is 54 m^2. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of the base of a triangle is 3 times the length of its altitude. Find the length of the base if the area of the triangle is 54 m^2. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area = (1/2)base*altitude<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "54 = (1/2)(3h)h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "108 = 3h^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h^2 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "altitude = 6 m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "base = 3h = 18 m<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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