SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is y feet long, and it is 4 feet longer than it is wide. What is the area of the rectangle?
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Question 162044: The width of a rectangle is y feet long, and it is 4 feet longer than it is wide. What is the area of the rectangle?
Answer by schrammbledeggs(41) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
width = y
length = y + 4
Area of rectangle = width * length
y * (y - 4) = y^2 - 4y
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