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The height of a triangle is 5 more than double the base length. If the height of the triangle is 74 mm, what is the base length of the triangle? If b represents the length of the base in mm, the equation that represents this problem is

User Tanky Woo
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Answer:

The base length of the triangle is 34.5 mm.

34.5×2+5=74.

Explanation:

Subtract 5 from 74 then divide 2 from 69 and you will get 34.5.

User Amit Kohli
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Answer:

The first answer is 74=2b+5

And the second answer is 34.5

Explanation:

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