Homework Help: math

Posted by Frank on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 3:06pm.

The base of a triangle is 5cm greater than the height. The area is 52cm^2. Find the height and length of the base.

math - bobpursley, Friday, May 18, 2012 at 3:52pm
area=1/2 b h
52=1/2 (h+5)h

multipy it out, solve for the quadratic

104=h^2+5h
h^2+5h-104=0
use the quadratic equation.

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