The base of a triangle exceeds the height by 7 centimeters. if the area is 400 square centimeters, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.

Base = 32 cm

Height = 25 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Area of a triangle can be calculated as:

We are given that the base of triangle exceeds the height by 7 cm. This can be expressed in an equation form as:

Base = Height + 7

Lets use B to represent base and H to represent height

B = H + 7

The equation of area can be stated as:

This is a quadratic equation which can be solved using a quadratic equation as shown below:

Since the height cannot be negative, we'll consider the positive value only i.e height is equal to 25 cm.

Therefore, the length of base will be 25 + 7 = 32 cm.

7 ft 6 in means 7 1/2, because 6 in is 1/2 of a foot. 7 ft 8 in means 7 2/3 because 8 in is 2/3 of a foot. 23/3 = 7 2/3. 15/2 = 7 1/2.

23/3   *   15/2   = 57 1/2

step-by-step explanation:

the 8 in 8,420 is in the thousands place so it's value is 8 thousand.

the 8 in 6,870 is in the hundreds place so it's value is 8 hundred.

divide 8000 by 800 to find the answer:

8000 / 800 = 10

the 8 in 8,420 is 10 times greater than the 8 in 6,870