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the base of a triangle is 2 feet greater in length than its height. If the area of the triangle is 40 square feet, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.
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the base of a triangle is 2 feet greater in length than its height. If the area of the triangle is 40 square feet, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.

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The length is 10 and the height is 8 because the area of a triangle is length time height divided by 2 which means that we need to find what 80 is equals to which is 10 and 8 and they are two feet apart.
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