document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=129502>Question 129502</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0495012505/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The base of a triangle is 12 inches more than 4 times the height. If the area is 36 inches, find the base and the height. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "BASE=12+4H<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AREA=BH/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36=(12+4H)H/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36=12H+4H^2/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4H^2+12H=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4H^2+12H-72=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(H^2+3H-18)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(H+6)(H-3)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H-3=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H=3 ANSWER FOR THE HEIGHT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BASE=12+4*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BASE=12+12=24 ANSWER FOR THE BASE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36=24*3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36=72/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36=36\r<BR>\n" );
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