The height of a triangle is 8 feet more than its base. What are the height and base of the triangle if its area is 120 square feet? The base of the triangle is The height of the triangle is

A guy wire for a suspension bridge runs from the ground diagonally to the top of the closest pylon to make a triangle. We can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of guy wire needed. The square of the distance between the wire on the ground and the pylon on the ground is 423,500423,500 feet. . The square of the height of the pylon is 12,100 feet.