SOLUTION: may you please help me...."the length of a rectangle is 6 inches more than three times its width. if the width were increased by 4 and the length decreased by 10, the area of the

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Question 44131: may you please help me...."the length of a rectangle is 6 inches more than three times its width. if the width were increased by 4 and the length decreased by 10, the area of the new rectangle would equal the area of the original rectangle. find the length and width of the original rectangle.
Answer by Paul(988) About Me  (Show Source):
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EQUATION:
(x+4)(3x-4)=(3x+6)(x)
3x%5E2%2B8x-16=3x%5E2%2B6x
-2x=-16
x=8
3(8)+6=30
Hence, the length is 30 cm and the width is 8 cm
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