The area of the rectangle is 60 m^2. The height is three less than three times the base. What is the length of the base?
Area = h x b and h = 3b-3
(3b-3) * b = 60
3b^2 - 3b - 60 = 0 solve for b the h = 3b-3 (factor or use quadratic fromula to find 'b')