SOLUTION: If a triangle has a base of 8x + 16 and a height of 1/x+2, what is the area of the triangle?

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Question 268184: If a triangle has a base of 8x + 16 and a height of 1/x+2, what is the area of the triangle?
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If a triangle has a base of 8x + 16 and a height of 1/x+2, what is the area of the triangle?
The area of a triangle is 1/2*B*H
so
%281%2F2%29%288x%2B16%29%5B%281%2Fx%29%2B2%5D
multiply 1/2 out
%284x%2B8%29%5B%281%2F2x%29%2B1%5D
Now multiply %284x%2B8%29 by %281%2F2x%29%2B1
4x%281%2F2x%29%2B4x%2B8%281%2F2x%29%2B8
4x%2F2x%2B4x%2B8%2F2x%2B8
10x%2B8
so the area is 10x%2B8