document.write( "Question 1130923: The area of a triangle is 29 square inches. The height of the triangle is 5 inches less than the base. What are the base and height of the triangle? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #747537 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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x, the base\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2-5x=58\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2-5x-58=0\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=%285%2Bsqrt%28257%29%29%2F2\"$ \r
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