In a right angle triangle the altitude is 4 cm long than the corresponding base. if the area of the triangle is 96 CM square the length of altitude and hypotenuse will be dash CMO and dash CMO respectively
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Base of a triangle is 4 cm longer than its altitude.
Area of triangle =48 cm
2
Let base of triangle =b
Altitude =b−4
Area =
2
1
×b×h=48
2
1
×b×(b−4)=48
b
2
−4b−96=0
(b−12)(b+8)=0
But, base cannot be negative
So, base =12 cm
Altitude=12−4=8 cm.
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