Posted by Armelia on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 9:58pm.
33=x(x+5)
find x, the height, first.
x^2+5x-33=0
use the quadratic equation
x=-5/2 +-1/2 sqrt (25+132)
= -2.5+1/2 sqrt157
ignore the negative answer.
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