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The height of a triangle is 6 m more than its base. The area of the triangle is 56 m². What is the length of the base?
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The height of a triangle is 6 m more than its base. The area of the triangle is 56 m². What is the length of the base?

User Lloyd Rochester
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

x(x+6)/2=56

x^2(6x)=112

x^2(6x)-112=0

By trial and error, we can try base =1, height = 7, etc

base =8

height = 14

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