The area of a triangle is given by the formula
, where B is the base and h is the height. We can rearrange this formula to solve for B.
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We plug in the given area, 640 square millimeters, and the given height, 32 millimeters.
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40 mm is our final answer.
Answer:
Ms. Kang is incorrect because there is only one solution to that equation and that is b=5/3
There are many polynomials that fit the bill,
f(x)=a(x-r1)(x-r2)(x-r3)(x-r4) where a is any real number not equal to zero.
A simple one is when a=1.
where r1,r2,r3,r4 are the roots of the 4th degree polynomial.
Also note that for a polynomial with *real* coefficients, complex roots *always* come in conjugages, i.e. in the form a±bi [±=+/-]
So a polynomial would be:
f(x)=(x-(-4-5i))(x-(-4+5i))(x--2)(x--2)
or, simplifying
f(x)=(x+4+5i)(x+4-5i)(x+2)^2
=x^4+12x^3+77x^2+196x+164 [if you decide to expand]
The given triangle is isosceles, so the two remaining angles in the triangle both have measure <em>xº</em>. The interior angles of any triangle sum to 180º, so that
58º + <em>xº</em> + <em>xº</em> = 180º
58 + 2<em>x</em> = 180
2<em>x</em> = 122
<em>x</em> = 61
Angles <em>y</em> and <em>z</em> are supplementary to angle <em>x</em>, so that
<em>xº</em> + <em>yº</em> = 180º
and
<em>xº</em> + <em>zº</em> = 180º
and consequently, <em>y</em> = <em>z</em>. In particular, we get
<em>y</em> = 180 - 61
<em>y</em> = 119
and so
<em>z</em> = 119
