The height of a triangle is 7 feet greater than the base. The area of the triangle is 247 square feet. Find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.

The pyraminx is a rubik's cube-type toy in the shape of a tetrahedron. the pyraminx shown below has edges 15\,\text{cm}15cm long and vertical height h=12.2\,\text{cm}h=12.2cm. the triangle drawn with dashed lines is a right triangle. what is the distance rr? round your answer to the nearest tenth.