the base of a parallelogram I 8 inches longer than twice the height. the area of the parallelogram is 64 square inches. what is the height?
The answer is 4 inches but how to you get that? Please show work!
The answer is 4 inches but how to you get that? Please show work!
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h(2h+8) = 64
2h^2+8h-64 = 0
h^2+4h-32 = 0
(h+8)(h-4) = 0
h = 4 inches
2h^2+8h-64 = 0
h^2+4h-32 = 0
(h+8)(h-4) = 0
h = 4 inches