Question:

help! math problem?

A rain gutter is made from sheets of aluminum that are 2323 inches wideAs shown in the? figure, the edges are turned up to form right anglesDetermine the depth of the gutter that will allow a? cross-sectional area of 5151 square inchesShow that there are two different solutions to the problemRound to the nearest tenth of an inch.

Answer:

Assume you mean 23 and 51 as numbers sometimes are repeated in this forum(23 - 2h)h 51 2h^2 - 23h + 51 0 h (23 +/- sqrt(23^2 - 4(2)(51))/2(2) h (23 +/- sqrt(529 - 408)) /4 h (23 +/- 11) /4 h 8.5 ; 3

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