SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 53m^2 and the length of the rectangle is 5 m less than twice the width, find the dimensions of the rectangle
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Question 1170681: The area of a rectangle is 53m^2 and the length of the rectangle is 5 m less than twice the width, find the dimensions of the rectangle
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a rectangle is :
and if the length of the rectangle is less than the width , we have
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the dimensions of the rectangle are approximately by
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