1989 AHSME Problems/Problem 6
Problem
If and the triangle in the first quadrant bounded by the coordinate axes and the graph of has area 6, then
Solution
Setting we have that the intercept of the line is . Similarly setting we find the intercept to be . Then so that , simplifying we would get . Hence the answer is .
- by Kevinliu08
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