Homework Help: algebra

Posted by chris on Friday, April 23, 2010 at 3:58pm.

the area of the parallelogram is 96 square miles. Find its base and height. if the base is x+5 and the height is x-5

algebra - PsyDAG, Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 12:15pm
b * h = 96

(x + 5)(x - 5) = 96

Solve for x.

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