SOLUTION: The base and height of a triangle whose height is nine more than seven times it’s base what is the base

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Question 1134159: The base and height of a triangle whose height is nine more than seven times it’s base what is the base
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let height be h and base b
if height is nine more than seven times it’s base what is the base, we have
h=7b%2B9
then
7b=h-9
b=%28h-9%29%2F7