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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