Base of triangle exceeds the height by 4. if the area is 178.5 square inches, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle

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Apasta salad was chilled in the refrigerator at 35° f overnight for 9 hours. the temperature of the pasta dish dropped from 86° f to 38° f. what was the average rate of cooling per hour?

Question 2 (essay worth 10 points) (03.02 mc) in δabc shown below, point a is at (0, 0), point b is at (x2, 0), point c is at (x1, y1), point d is at x sub 1 over 2, y sub 1 over 2, and point e is at the quantity of x sub 1 plus x sub 2 over 2, y sub 1 over 2: triangle abc is shown. point d lies on segment ac and point e lies on segment bc. a segment is drawn between points d and e. point a is at the origin. prove that segment de is parallel to segment ab.