SOLUTION: Area of a sail. A triangular sail has an area of x² + 5x + 6 square meters and a height of x + 3 meters. Find the length of the sail’s base

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Question 148706This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: Area of a sail. A triangular sail has an area of x² + 5x + 6 square meters and a height of x + 3 meters. Find the length of the sail’s base This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Answer by galileo(7) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given :

A = x^2 + 5x +6
h = x + 3
Required :
Length of the base b

Solution :
Area of a triangle A = %28bh%2F2%29
Length of the base b = 2%2AA%2Fh%29
b = 2%28x%5E2+%2B+5x+%2B+6%29%2F%28x+%2B+3%29
b = %282x%5E2+%2B+10x+%2B+12%29%2F%28x+%2B+3%29
b = 2x + 4 which is easily solved by division